[1] xenbase provides limited support (BLAST, JBrowse tracks, genome download) for H. boettgeri.

[3] This aquatic frog is generally some shade of brown or grey, speckled with darker spots.

Males also have a large subdermal gland on the hind part of their forearm which appears as a white spot near the armpit.

[4] Hymenochirus boettgeri is an aquatic frog that generally occurs in still, shaded water in lowland rainforest and in pools by slow-flowing rivers.

They can be fed a diet of suitably-sized food items designed for use with aquarium fish, including live, frozen and freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex worms, and brine shrimp.