My new Xenopus Tads

[BugBoy99]

Just another update. I promise to post photos as soon as possible. The first tadpole is now a frog, and three others are very close. There are a good many tadpoles with two legs, and a whole lot with four.

[BugBoy99]

Hello Everybody,

I finally have enough data to post pictures of the tads. I am proud to say that I now have four froglets, eight more tads that will morph in the next few days, and quite a lot of tads that are somewhere before that phase.

First, one of the froglets


Second, a two-legged tadpole


Lastly, a legless tadpole


I hope that everyone enjoys these photos.

Joh

[Namio]

Thanks Joh! Awesome diary of ACF tadpoles. Even though I'm about a month late from discovering this thread, I'm glad that I finally caught on! Lol!

[BugBoy99]

It is my pleasure. I'm only too glad to share with fellow frog enthusiasts. Between last night, and this afternoon, 9 more tadpoles morphed. there are now 13 froglets.

Also, that picture that I've been threatening to post but never have. This is the pool where I caught the tadpoles. It was taken directly after they cut the grass. The pool has dried up, and reformed, a few times since then. The only Xenopus tads that made it are the ones that I kept.

[IrishRonin]

Thanks for be so informational and so willing to share you experience. I know all who are following this thread are appreciative.

[rodsboys]

How far away is the nearest body of permanent water from the pool?

[BugBoy99]

There is a large pool about three to four meters away. But, even if there are clawed frogs in it(I don't know because its on private property) I don't think they'd be able to make the steep climb over the pool's wall. There is a good 50 centimeters between the water and the ground above it. But, about a 100 meters down the stream bed, which the pool in the picture is in, there is also permanent water, which washes down the stream bed when it rains. I think that the tads originate there.