Tadpole identification?

[Kurt]

If its a spring peeper, worry not. They're treefrogs. Wood frogs, leopard frogs, and the other Ranids are some what aquatic, so again no worries. Now if its an Anaxyrus americanus, which I don't think it is, there is a good chance of it drowning.

[Crystal6]

If its a spring peeper, worry not. They're treefrogs. Wood frogs, leopard frogs, and the other Ranids are some what aquatic, so again no worries. Now if its an Anaxyrus americanus, which I don't think it is, there is a good chance of it drowning.

Last time I had spring peeper they drowned. (Which was actually originally how I found this forum. I was trying to figure out what was going on with my tadpoles.)

When I made a thread about it you guys suggested that I empty out most of the water so that it could touch the ground with it's feet easily. (I did that but it still ended up drowning. Apparently the line between too much water and not enough is a thin one...)

Edit: Here's the link to the topic I mentioned. http://www.frogforum.net/introductio...716-um-hi.html

[HerpNwny14]

It looks like a wood frog to me,def not a gray tree frog.....i just released a bunch of peeper tads and mine looked alot dif than that but theres a chance....check out this link it may help
http://www.trentu.ca/biology/berrill...ationTable.htm

[Crystal6]

It looks like a wood frog to me,def not a gray tree frog.....i just released a bunch of peeper tads and mine looked alot dif than that but theres a chance....check out this link it may help
http://www.trentu.ca/biology/berrill...ationTable.htm

..... *bookmark* Wow I'm getting a lot of useful links off this site.

Now I'm like... 80% sure that's a spring peeper.

Only.. last time I tried to raise spring peepers from tadpoles they all either drowned or got eaten by each other. Unless those were simply not spring peepers? My picture is kind of unclear from last time but I'd say this one looks very similar to the last ones I raised. (easier to tell when he gets feet)

Hm... oh well. Guess I should just wait until he gets legs and then try not to let him drown just for the sake of trying. (I only have 1 so I don't have a lot of room for trial and error)

If for some reason I fail again I'm going to go ahead and conclude that spring peepers drown easily in a large aquarium full of water even if the aquarium is mostly emptied out and includes things to climb on.

[Kurt]

Thats an awesome page!

Crystal, what a lot of dart frog breeders/keepers do is put a tadpole in something like a small Tuperware/Rubbermaid/Zip-loc container with a little bit of water. When the tadpole begins to develope legs, they drain off some of the water and tilt it a little bit to form a little bit of a slope or beach. Often some sort of aquarium plant is used to help the froglet to climb out.

[Crystal6]

Thats an awesome page!

Crystal, what a lot of dart frog breeders/keepers do is put a tadpole in something like a small Tuperware/Rubbermaid/Zip-loc container with a little bit of water. When the tadpole begins to develope legs, they drain off some of the water and tilt it a little bit to form a little bit of a slope or beach. Often some sort of aquarium plant is used to help the froglet to climb out.

Ah. Domo arigato gozaimasu. (Thank you very much kind person.)

[Kurt]

You're welcome

"Domo arigato Mr Roboto domo domo"

[Crystal6]

You're welcome

"Domo arigato Mr Roboto domo domo"

Thanks again. But now I have 2 more questions.

First: For the aquarium plants you mentioned (to assist in him climbing out)... would frog moss be okay? (Zilla Premium Compressed Frog Moss 3.5 Ounce - 100009878)

Second... My tadpole has been doing something that kinda makes me paranoid. He sometimes lays or swims on his back. (It scared the **** out of me to see him just kinda floating there like that but when I poked him with a spoon he started swimming frantically again for a few seconds before doing it again.) He still eats and swims every now and then but sometimes he does so upside down... (Which looks very odd.)



^ it looked something like that. Should I be worried? Or is this normal.

[Deku]

If its a spring peeper, worry not. They're treefrogs. Wood frogs, leopard frogs, and the other Ranids are some what aquatic, so again no worries. Now if its an Anaxyrus americanus, which I don't think it is, there is a good chance of it drowning.

I can defenitely 100% say that it does not look anything like a toad tadpole. Ussually toad tadpoles are dark brown or jet black. This looks like atreefrog tadpole to me. I see a ton of them in this place I used to see alot of frogs. I used to catch them. But I dont know how to get past the toadlet/froglet stage. xD

[Crystal6]

I can defenitely 100% say that it does not look anything like a toad tadpole. Ussually toad tadpoles are dark brown or jet black. This looks like atreefrog tadpole to me. I see a ton of them in this place I used to see alot of frogs. I used to catch them. But I dont know how to get past the toadlet/froglet stage. xD

Heh too late anyway. (R.I.P.)

Ah well. Ty for the heads up Kurt. *head bow*

[Kurt]

Ah well. Ty for the heads up Kurt. *head bow*

You're welcome.