Describe the steps taken in a frog’s life from hatching from an egg to adulthood. Give approximate time for each change.

Answer 1

Frogs start off as eggs(spawn) gelatinous eggs in clumps with a tiny black dot which if the developing tadpole. -Hatching takes anywhere from 6 to 21 days.

Tadpoles hatch from the eggs resembling small fish with tails and gills for breathing underwater. They feed on the yolk of the egg first and move to algae and other plant material.

-The tadpole stage takes from several weeks to a few months. Some bullfrogs take up to two years to metamorphose.

Development-

Hind legs first

Front legs emerge

Body changes

Lungs develop and gills recede

Tail absorption

Final 24 hour push into a froglet

Froglet-tiny frog with a small tail stump until tail is fully absorbed.

Adult Frog-tail is completely gone and it is breathing with lungs.

-Froglets will mature into adult frogs in about 2-4 years.

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