Varadero tadpoles metamorphosing

[Ebony]

Yes John, thanks for sharing the process with us. They look beautiful and im still amazed on how their colouring is so apparent during metamorphosis.

[John]

If you think that color is early, look at the tadpole photo from Phil Tan of a Ranitomeya lamasi tadpole - note it has no legs so it's relatively young.

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[Ebony]

Yes, they are really striking, I guess it must be easy to identify these guy's . I get blown away by the colouring of the frogs you can keep in your side of the world so for me to get the opportunity to see this is awesome. Thanks

[John]

Here he is 2 days later:



And here is the second tadpole in line to metamorphose:



And here is the third tadpole in line to metamorphose:



There's a big gap between these and the next ones due to my big move - the next ones just hatched yesterday and I saw father jumping around the terrarium with a tadpole on his back yesterday.

[Jace]

So, from when they hatch, to being completely morhped, how long does that typically take? Have you discovered any SLS? Fingers still crossed that all of them are healthy....

[John]

No SLS yet. Hatch to metamorphosis can be anywhere between 50 and 75 days.

[John]

Here are two stills shot remotely from a web cam this evening. The first photo shows the male calling (he's trying to get the female out of the lower bromeliad so she can follow him to feed other tadpoles). You can also see a froglet (one of the later tadpoles in the previous shots in this thread). The second shot shows the female following the male to the upper bromeliad to feed some tadpoles.