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A tadpole

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Tadpoles are young amphibians that live in the water. During the tadpole stage of the amphibian life cycle, most respire by means of autonomous external or internal gills. They do not usually have arms or legs until the transition to adulthood, and typically have dorsal or fin-like appendages and a tail with which they swim by lateral undulation, similar to most fish.

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9 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Awesome spot!

kerrydonovanbrown
kerrydonovanbrown 12 years ago

Beautiful. You can see the tummy swirl, like: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/P...)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Very interesting grate photo.

Ashok N Pulliyerengi
Ashok N Pulliyerengi 12 years ago

i am actually looking at you all in Noah to give more info about this tadpole which i spotted with many others in a water tank ...i have seen frogs and toads in the vicinity so i wish know if this is tadpole of frog or toad....to a naked eye they look all black ...shot this with macro lens and the details are colorful indeed

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 12 years ago

I can't tell what I'm looking at here.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Wonderful colors

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Fantastic picture Ashok! Can you tell us more about it?

DonovanGarcia
DonovanGarcia 12 years ago

Nice

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

AMAZING!!! looks like a galaxy :)

Chennai City Corporation Limits, Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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