Where do tadpoles come from?
Frogs return to ponds around February or March (depending on your weather) to lay their clutch of eggs (frogspawn). Frogspawn is the eggs that the tadpoles grow inside. After three weeks, the frogspawn starts to develop into the tadpoles. The tadpoles are just a tiny black speck in the middle of the frogspawn to begin with. The tadpoles eat their eggs and wriggle away. What changes take place? The female frog begins by laying a clutch of eggs in water. The male frog sheds yellow semen on the eggs. The tadpoles develop inside the eggs. Then we have the embryonic stage (where the eggs hatch – becomes a tadpole). During the metamorphosis, the tadpole tail becomes absorbed into the tadpoles body and it grows two pairs of legs. Their gills are then absorbed as the gill slits close and their lungs develop. Their skin becomes thicker, eyelids, a tongue and internal organs grow as well as some bones and teeth. Where can you find tadpoles? You can find tadpole in ponds. If you decided to take t
