Effects of transportation, transport medium and re-housing on Xenopus laevis (Daudin).

•Transportation and re-housing had a physiological impact on Xenopus laevis frogs.•Transport in all mediums caused water-borne corticosterone to increase.•Decrease in body mass following transportation in sphagnum moss.•Raised corticosterone following transport and re-housing for at least 7 days.•Reduced body mass following transport and re-housing for at least 35 days.