I am new to Frog Forum. I am hoping someone can help me out.

About a week ago I collected 14 tadpoles from a drainage ditch near our home. There were TONS of them. I was worried that most wouldn't make it due to the dry conditions here in central Texas. That and I thought it would be fun for my 3 & 4 year old sons to what the metamorphosis of the tadpoles.

Of the 14, I now have 8 toadlets, 2 tadpoles have died and the rest are still in process. After many hours of searching the net, I have typed them as Gulf Coast Toads.

My intension was to release these back to the wild. This is to keep with the teaching of my boys' favorite show that has the tag line, "Living free and in the wild." My question(s) are when should I release the toadlets back to the wild and where should this be done for best survival results?

Thank you in advance for your help.