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Meet the tadpole snailfish
This tiny fish wiggles like a tadpole, with its large head and narrow tail. It's soft and flabby — loose skin covers its jellylike body.
tadpole, also called polliwog, aquatic larval stage of frogs and toads. Compared with the larvae of salamanders, tadpoles have short oval bodies with broad tails, small mouths, and no external gills. The internal gills are concealed by a covering known as an operculum.
A polliwog is another word for a tadpole, the earliest stage in the life of an amphibian. Polliwogs are aquatic, living entirely in water and propelling themselves with their tiny tails.
Larvae. Within a week, the eggs hatch in water, becoming mosquito larvae called "wigglers." A mosquito larva looks like a small hairy worm, less than a 1/4-inch long. It has a hard round head, a soft body, an abdomen with 10 segments and a siphon tube at the tip of its abdomen.
Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
Horsehair worms are often seen in puddles and other pools of fresh water, swimming pools, water tanks and on plants. They are especially noticeable after a rainfall. Horsehair worms may be found inside homes in toilets causing people to be concerned that it is a human parasite.
The common name for Triops species is tadpole shrimp because they look superficially like tadpoles (frogs), but another common name is shield shrimp, named after their shield-like carapace.
As tadpoles grow it's easier to tell the difference: frog tadpoles change to more of a greenish grey colour with gold speckles and they no longer shoal. Toad tadpoles stay black.
They have a short round body and a long tail. They swim in the water and breath through gills like fish.
Mosquito larvae, called “wrigglers,” are aquatic, with a large head and thorax and narrow, wormlike abdomen; they typically hang just below the water surface, breathing air through tubes at the end of the abdomen. When disturbed, they wriggle downward.
Becoming Tadpoles
Although the tiny tadpoles will eventually become air-breathing frogs, the creatures that emerge at first look more like tiny fish than anything that might ever walk on land. The newly-hatched tadpoles consist of a tail, a rudimentary set of gills and a mouth.
Like their adult counterparts, frog tadpoles are slimmer whereas toad tadpoles are chunky. Frog tadpoles are also covered in gold flecks, while toad tadpoles are plain black in colour. Frog tadpoles have a thin tail and are dark with gold speckles. Toad tadpoles are chunkier and black in colour.
A tadpole is a baby frog, but it sure doesn't look anything like an adult frog. Tadpoles look more like a fish; with their strong powerful tails. They even breathe through gills found on the sides of their bodies. Tadpoles can be many different sizes depending on what type of frog they will later transform into.
Introduction: Frog Eggs and Foam
What looks like frog's eggs are actually sweet basil seeds; commonly known as sabja, tukmaria or falooda seeds in South Asia. They are mostly used in cold, sweet drinks as they add texture and have cooling properties.
From tadpole to frog
As the months pass into April and May, you should be able to spot dramatic changes at the edges of your local pond as tadpoles slowly change into frogs. This process is called metamorphosis.
Growing pains. Once hatched, tadpoles take about 14 weeks to transform into tiny frogs. Toad tadpoles take a little bit longer, becoming toadlets after about four months.
On hatching, tadpoles are black and will stick together in a writhing mass. As they develop, tadpoles become mottled/brown and do not shoal. Tadpoles grow their back legs first.
Bullfrog tadpoles are green to yellow in color with small, dark spots on their backs, and can grow up to 6 inches in length.
Salamanders (Figure 3) have four limbs and feathery external gills, whereas tadpoles (Figure 4) have four limbs only when they are close to metamorphosis and their gills are internal.
Among frogs, those of the genus Pristimantis lay eggs on land, which develop directly into miniatures of adults with no tadpole stage.
They're weird looking, they're tiny, and they're blood-red - or at least a creamy pink color. What are they? They're non-biting midge fly larvae, also known as bloodworms. Though they're an unsettling infestation to see in your filter, they're actually a sign that your pond is happy and balanced.
Aquatic earthworms closely resemble terrestrial earthworms. They have long, moderately muscular, cylindrical bodies composed of ring-like segments. Most aquatic earthworms range in length from 1-30mm long, although some may be as long as 150mm.
The most common forms of visible parasites are: anchor worm (lernea), fish lice (argulus), gill maggots (ergasilus), flukes, and fish leeches (psicicola) and if left untreated these parasites can cause life threatening damage.