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Frog development

rock22 · 2023-05-25 13:03:09

I have a garden pond which hosts numerous balls of frog spawn every Ferbruary. Has done for the past couple decades. But , while the tadpoles grow, I never see any intermediate stages, i.e. with leg development and tail Now , at the end of May, I still see quite a few tadpoles in the pond but they still all have the most…

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25-05-2023 2:03pm

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rock22

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I have a garden pond which hosts numerous balls of frog spawn every Ferbruary. Has done for the past couple decades.
But , while the tadpoles grow, I never see any intermediate stages, i.e. with leg development and tail Now , at the end of May, I still see quite a few tadpoles in the pond but they still all have the most juvenile shape with no evidence of leg development etc. I do occasionally see small, tiny, frogs in my garden , but i am not too sure if they have come from the pond.
At this stage i am wondering if the pond is lacking some key ingredient or if the temperature is too low. Any ideas what could be going on or is this all normal.?

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