| EGG |
21
days: |
Spawn is
the name given to a group of fertilised frog eggs and the jelly
that surrounds them |
| TADPOLE |
7-10
days: |
spent
feeding on the remaining yolk, which is actually in its gut.
They have poorly developed gills,mouth and tail |
| |
10
days: |
after
10 days it will begin to swim freely around feeding on algae |
| |
4
weeks: |
a
layer of skin grows over the gills and they disappear tiny teeth
appear develop a long coiled gut which helps them digest food |
| |
6-9
weeks: |
tiny legs begin to appear the head is more distinct the diet
may now include small insects a bulge appears where the arms
will pop out, elbow first |
| |
12
weeks: |
it is
now much more frog like but still possesses a stumpy tail
|
| FROG |
16
weeks: |
depending
on available food and water, it is now fully developed and is
spending most of it's life out of water eating a carnivorous
diet |
