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tadpoles with silver tails!!:
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ibwaheemi
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Joined: 17 Apr 2010
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View other posts by ibwaheemi 		Posted: 09 Jul 2010

 

most of my tadpoles are 'normal' looking. 

however  i have observed several with silver tails.  is this normal? google came up with nothing.
Donny
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Joined: 11 May 2004
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View other posts by Donny 		Posted: 14 Jul 2010
Without pics, I'd say probably just natural variation - some taddies are just lighter than others.  You might also have a mixture of Common Frog and Common Toad tadpoles - toad tadpoles tend to be darker and actually look more like your 'typical' tadpole.
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ibwaheemi
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View other posts by ibwaheemi 		Posted: 14 Jul 2010

thanks for the reply, i did try taking a picture, but they move like lightening! i didn't see the spawn so i can't tell if their frogs or toads. All my froglets are common frogs. I was hoping i had a rare frog/toad species...next spring i am going to be on the look out for mating calls...and examine my spawn.

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