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What are these tadpoles?: |
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cyba Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 11  View other posts by cyba |
Posted: 23 May 2005 I had my usual crop of frog spawn early this year, but it looked like they had all died, so I stopped checking them in my "water feature". As I was putting out my washing this morning I noticed, much to my surprise, that the water was heaving with taddies! They are big, about 1.5 inches long with a very wide tail. They are speckled dark grey on top, and paler speckled grey on their bellies. Their bodies are eggshaped, but have no sign of legs yet. I'm not sure if they are frogs, as I have toads and newts in my garden too. Can anyone identify these? I'm really happy though, as i thought I'd missed out this year!  |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 23 May 2005 If they're speckled, they'll be frog, as toad tadpoles are a uniform black colour (well, a really really dark brown, to be exact). Frog tadpoles usually have a sort of metallic sheen to them, as well. Also, toad tadpoles would almost certainly be less than 1.5 inches long at this time of year. |
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cyba Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004 No. of posts: 11 View other posts by cyba |
Posted: 23 May 2005 It would be cool if my toads bred, but I'm still dead chuffed to have frog taddies and so many, and so healthy-looking! |
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djp_phillips Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 No. of posts: 180 View other posts by djp_phillips |
Posted: 28 Jan 2006 yes toad tads. are black Reptiles & Amphibians of France: www.herpfrance.com European Field Herping Community: www.euroherp.com |
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