This is what a front leg looks like as it is about to emerge from a morphing tadpole:
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Tadpole-into-frog is one of those underfoot miracles that deserves more appreciation that it gets. Gills, tail, narrow mouth transform into lungs, legs and a wide mouth (the digestive system gets a makeover, too) in the space of a month or so.
These two are a little behind elbow-boy, but they’re coming along. The white things are springtails (Collembola sp.) – I seeded the morphing container so that the froglets will have snacks later on, after the tails are absorbed and they get hungry again.
Nice, pics. How many tads do you keep together and in what size container?
I keep 6 – 8 together in 12″ diameter by 4″ deep glass containers – lots of surface area. These guys are in morphing containers – Sterilite shoe boxes, tipped so that the water pools at one end – w/ long fiber sphagnum, Oak laeves, java moss and pothos.
Any pics of the parents?
You bet. Here, here, here.