Please help, do tadpoles shed their skin?

[UncleChester]

How big are the tadpoles? The skin might appear semi transparent at earlier stages.

If you are unable to get photos, you might want to do a google search for leopard frog tadpoles photos and compare yours with other tads that way.

...They look like they are wrapped in a clear gel that is attached to their skin and there is a spot on their side that looks like it is starting to peel off. And if that was not enough, there is a hole in the middle of the smaller ones side where the skin looks like it is coming off... it is a tiny hole, barley the size of a straight-pin and about a millimeter or two deep...

Are these in flaps/holes in the same locations on the tadpoles? One per tadpole? If so, they could be the spiracles (an 'exhaust').

A wood frog tadpole is pictured below, the spiracle is clearly visible on the left side of it's body and looks like a flap of skin waiting to peel off. I believe Leopard frogs keep theirs in the same location: