Since I need to stand up for my fellow amphibians and I don't have anything better to do this Friday night, I will bring up this mistake I just noticed. As far as I know, it has not been brought up before.
The Zoopeedia for the Goliath Frog claims males are larger than females. Both in the general information text and under the species data.
Knowing that female amphibians tend to be larger than males (with exceptions of course), I decided to look into this claim. And as expected, I can not find any sources claiming males are larger.
Some sources say no noticeable differences between the sexes, and a site that should be trustworthy in this matter AmphibiaWeb claims the largest known individuals are females:
Though with the lengths mentioned on AmphibiaWeb, I can see why they end up with a larger average length for males under species data, so this part might not be false per se. But with females being known to weigh up to 0.6kg more than males, there is no good reason to put ''Males are larger than females'' in the general information text.
Sorry for wasting your time with this barely important mistake for an animal that was a mistake to include in the game, to begin with (if you want a large African frog, why not choose the African Bullfrog?)
The Zoopeedia for the Goliath Frog claims males are larger than females. Both in the general information text and under the species data.
Knowing that female amphibians tend to be larger than males (with exceptions of course), I decided to look into this claim. And as expected, I can not find any sources claiming males are larger.
Some sources say no noticeable differences between the sexes, and a site that should be trustworthy in this matter AmphibiaWeb claims the largest known individuals are females:
The largest reported individuals are females, with males ranging from 22 – 32 cm snout–vent length (1.5 – 2.7 kg) and females ranging from 15 – 32 cm snout–vent length (0.6 – 3.3 kg) (Sabater-Pi 1985).
Though with the lengths mentioned on AmphibiaWeb, I can see why they end up with a larger average length for males under species data, so this part might not be false per se. But with females being known to weigh up to 0.6kg more than males, there is no good reason to put ''Males are larger than females'' in the general information text.
Sorry for wasting your time with this barely important mistake for an animal that was a mistake to include in the game, to begin with (if you want a large African frog, why not choose the African Bullfrog?)