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- Title
Easy There! The Peepers Are Peeping<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Treat, Dorothy A.
- Abstract
This article presents information on the life cycle of frogs. According to the author tadpoles as well as eggs was caught in the strainer. A few scoops with the strainer will bring to view a variety of water insects, whose behavior makes an interesting study. Amphibian eggs are always encased in jelly. Great masses of jelly with dark specks inside are frog eggs. Long ribbons of jelly containing small dark specks are toad eggs. Salamander eggs, or more properly speaking, newt eggs, occur singly and are attached to twigs, leaves or water plants. Tadpoles are vegetarians and should be fed bread crumbs, cookie crumbs, bits of apple and lettuce. Pond water is better for tadpoles than tap water, for it usually contains some natural food and is freer from harmful chemicals. Toad and frog tadpoles are similar at first, but as they become older the toad tadpoles usually become darker, while the frogs grow lighter and appear speckled. If one examine them carefully, one will discover that the back is keeled like a boat to facilitate their movements in the water.
- Subjects
FROGS; TADPOLES; AQUATIC insects; AQUATIC plants; LETTUCE; AQUATIC invertebrates; TOADS; AQUATIC biology; AQUATIC organisms
- Publication
Science Education, 1930, Vol 14, Issue 3, p549
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730140311