From Tadpole to Frog

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Let’s start with the egg:

The female frog lays her eggs in the pond near a lily pad. Each tiny egg is wrapped in clear jelly. Inside the jelly, the eggs grow into tadpoles.

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When the tadpoles are ready, they push through the jelly egg and swim in the water.

Inside the egg, the tadpoles grow gills so they can breathe like fish.

Tadpoles

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Young tadpoles must be careful. Fish and some beetles like to eat tadpoles! Next

Soon the tadpole grows hind legs with tiny webbed toes for swimming.

Next, she grows arms with long, skinny fingers.

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Then, the tadpole’s tail begins to shrink until it is almost gone. She is also growing lungs so she can breathe out of the water.

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Frog at last!

Finally, the tadpole’s tale has disappeared and she can now live on land. She has become a frog! Next

Then it starts all over again!Eggs are laid

Begins to grow gills

Becomes a tadpole

Frog

Begins to grow legs

Grows arms as tail shrinks

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Read more about tadpole and frogs:

Tadpoles and Frogs: A Usborne Beginner Book

Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace

Life Cycle Sort Click on the frog to

learn more about frogs and hear their calls!