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Produce => Ponds 'n' Stuff => Topic started by: alit on June 12, 2007, 15:27:40
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Hi, i have noticed that some of my tadpoles this year are much larger than i have seen before. they have almost inch long tails and big heads that are a more adult frog/toad colour. normally my tadpoles are small and black and get legs without getting huge like this. i still have some normal looking black ones too. does anyone know what this big ones could be.
Alit :)
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They may be newts. If they are then they will eat the frog taddy's They have really bully heads. Have a browse on the net and you will see the newt s life cycle
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Do you have frog and toad tadpoles in your pond?
Frogs spawn earlier than toads and therefore the tadpoles are bigger. They are brown in colour whereas toad tadpoles are black. I thought newt tadpoles were relatively small and tended to be long and thin rather than just a head and tail.
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hmm, all of my tadpoles are a brown speckled ... can't believe they are all newts, as I didn't have any to begin with and the pond has been overrun with frogs. Some of them are just starting to grow legs