Tadpole Morphing

Stages of morphing and pics from week to week on the changes in development of my tadpoles.

  1. Cookie and Chip sticking together like always. They love each other so much!

  2. Cookie right after she grew her front legs!

  3. Cookie's first time out of the water! Yea!

  4. Close up of Cookie after her first time out of the water.

  5. Cookie poking her head out of the water, lol.

  6. Cookie sitting on her rocks. Isn't she so cute! I love the way she looks up at us when I open the lid on her pond!

  7. Cookie's tail is almost gone! Yea!

  8. Cookie and Chip trying to be as close to one another as possible! Poor Chip is being sat on by Cookie but he does not care one bit. As long as he can...

  9. Chip from the bottom in a glass jar. I was finally able to get a clear shot of his legs forming! They are still tiny, but you can tell they are legs...

  10. Side view of Cookie in a glass jar. This jar makes her look even fatter than she really is, lol. But it is a good shot of her legs from the side and...

  11. Another top view of Cookie and her little legs! I love to watch her swim and use them. She is now using them to push her self along the bottom of the...

  12. Cookie from the side view. You can tell her body is starting to take on the shape of a frog finally! Picture taken on May 1, 2014

  13. In this pic of Chip (left) and Cookie (right), you can see Cookie's tympanum clearly. It is the black circle on her cheek under her eye. Her belly is...

  14. Cookie is swimming and trying to find algae on the side of the jar. Though there is none there, food is all she thinks about at this time in her...

  15. In this pic you can see how much Cookie has grown compared to Chip up to this point. Her legs are growing well and her tympanum is starting to form...

  16. Chip from the side in a glass jar. You can see he is trying to grow legs, but they are not too clear in the pic yet. Picture taken on April 25,...

  17. Chip and Cookie eating together. Cookie is growing legs, they are about a quarter of an inch long when fully extended. She only flexes them right...

  18. Chip resting on a stone in the pond. Still no signs of morphing yet. He has only grown a little bit so far. Picture taken on April 25, 2015

  19. Chip sitting next to the branch in their pond. No legs have started growing on him yet. Picture taken on April 14, 2014

  20. Cookie is trying to hide under the plant that they both love so much. Her body shape is just a little bit different than Chips right now. Her legs...

  21. Chip (right) and Cookie (left). This pic shows how close in size the really are. Picture taken on April 14, 2014

  22. Chip and Cookie Swimming together in the pond. This pic was taken about one week after I got them. They are still about the same size still, Chip is...
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