Varadero tadpoles metamorphosing

[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.

[Skulldroog]

VERY cool. I look forward to seeing more frog porno!

[Ebony]

Nice John, Thanks for sharing.

[JimO]

Great looking froglets. That's the most exciting part to me.

[John]

Here's the first tadpole, now the first froglet, 9 days after his last photo:

[Kurt]

Wow, so beautiful.

[JimO]

Gorgeous froglets and incredible photography. Nice!

[John]

Here's the first froglet at 8 weeks:



It's about 2/3 grown and looks to be female.

Here are the other 2 tadpoles, now 7-8 weeks out of the water:

Probable male:


Female? :


Here's the Varadero assembly line photographed last week: