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  2. Tadpole - Wikipedia

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    A tadpole or polliwog (also spelled pollywog) is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found in adult amphibians, such as a lateral line, gills and swimming tails.

  3. Frog - Wikipedia

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    The tadpoles then swim out into the open water and rapidly complete their development. [121] Madagascan burrowing frogs are less fossorial and mostly bury themselves in leaf litter. One of these, the green burrowing frog ( Scaphiophryne marmorata ), has a flattened head with a short snout and well-developed metatarsal tubercles on its hind feet ...

  4. Larva - Wikipedia

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    A larva (/ ˈ l ɑːr v ə /; pl.: larvae / ˈ l ɑːr v iː /) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.

  5. Forget eggs, frogs give birth to live tadpoles

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    McGuire described another instance of the tadpole phenomenon to NPR. When he and his colleagues captured and euthanized a frog, out came the tadpoles, and they were alive.

  6. Scientists in Argentina unearth oldest tadpole, from dinosaur ...

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    Frogs have a two-stage life cycle, with the aquatic tadpole larva metamorphosing into the adult form. This tadpole was in the late stages of metamorphosis. Adults of this species are a similar ...

  7. Cuban tree frog - Wikipedia

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    Eggs can hatch in under 30 hours and tadpoles can fully develop in one month. [13] They have wide caudal fins and two rows of labial teeth on the top of their mouths and four rows on the bottom. [14] Tadpoles survive on algae and will occasionally eat other tadpoles, [13] and on rare occasions, recently metamorphosed juveniles. [15]

  8. Darwin's frog - Wikipedia

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    The loss of some tadpoles in the metamorphosis from tadpole to frog is a unique feature of R. darwinii. This observation is likely explained by these hypotheses: The tadpoles that did not survive were converted into nutrition for the foster male and he digested them. [13] The tadpoles died in the vocal sac of the foster male.

  9. Common mudpuppy - Wikipedia

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    Its diet consists of almost anything it can get into its mouth, including insects, mollusks, and earthworms (as well as other annelids). [6] Once a female common mudpuppy reaches sexual maturity at six years of age, she can lay an average of 60 eggs. [6] In the wild, the average lifespan of a common mudpuppy is 11 years. [8]