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The Tadpoles Grow Legs

Tadpoles Grow Legs

© 2001 David Jones (www.mybitoftheplanet.com)

Around July, but it can vary, the tadpole begins the change into a frog.

It grows first back legs and then front legs. It can now climb around the vegetation in the pond. The eyes become more frog-like but as yet it still has a long, powerful tail.

The tadpole measures around 28mm long and its skin is quite mottled in colour.

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