Up to 2,000 eggs can be laid by a single female. The eggs are scattered over the area, and are unprotected. The larvae eat very small plant particles. They metamorphose in 40 days and change to a carnivorous diet. They reach sexual maturity in 10 months and can live 10-15 years.
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For many years, clawed frogs have been used as a laboratory animal, and in studies of vertebrate embryology. These frogs were very inexpensive and easy to keep. Since more modern methods of pregnancy testing has been developed, thousands of clawed frogs have been released and have firmly established themselves in the streams and ponds of the American southwest where they are a threat to native frogs. The importation or possession of clawed frogs is now illegal in many western states. Captive Care Clawed frogs make great pets and are very easy to care for.