FROG DEVELOPMENT

PARENTS MATE AND THE EGGs are LAID

• The parents mate when the male frog climbs on the female frog.
• The male frog reaches his arms around the female frog's "waist" and that is called amplexus.
• Amplexus can last for several days.

THE EGG-MASS

• The female lays the eggs in a big mass.
• Some mothers leave after laying their eggs but some stay to watch their eggs.
• The male frog fertilizes the eggs as they are being hatched.

HATCHING EGGS

• The female lays a lot of eggs because there's a big chance that some of them will die.
• It usually takes about 6-21 days for the eggs to hatch.
• Most eggs are found in calm water.

Tadpoles

• The tadpoles start out with poorly developed gills as well as a mouth and a tail.
• It takes about 7--10 days after hatching for the tadpoles to start swimming around and eating algae.
• After about 4 weeks, skin starts growing over the gills of the tadpoles.

TADPOLE WITH LEGS

• After close to 6-9 weeks, tiny legs start to develop on the tadpoles.
• The tadpoles start to eeat dead bugs and even some plants.
• Arms start to pop out; the elbows come out first.

YOUNG FROG

• After 12 weeks the tail is reduced to a stub.
• The young frogs are almost ready to reproduce.

frog

• It takes about 12-16 weeks for the frogs to fully grow up.
• Frogs that live in cold places are in tadpole form throughout the Winter.
• The frogs are finally ready to reproduce and start the lyfe-cycle over again.
• The frogs develop lungs.

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