Urban Nature Pictures 2/28, Lost Pond Reservation

[urbpan]

I saw movement in the shore of the icy pond, and pulled out a tadpole.






This is our way into the reservation. The sign indicates that it's also the entrance to Brookline's "Household Hazardous Recycling Drop Off Center."

Comments

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Is that a bullfrog tadpole?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

If it was, it was a young one (first year). I also found a much bigger one which was definitely a bullfrog--the one in this picture could have been a green frog or leopard frog I guess--maybe even a wood frog. I didn't examine it long enough or closely enough to tell. I was trying to remember what frogs I've heard there last summer, and all I remember are bullfrogs.

[m0053.livejournal.com]

How do you identify a tadpole? They all just look black to me 0.o

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

In good light you'd see distinguishing characteristics. The locations of the mouth and eyes ares important, and they can have distinctive patterns on the skin and tail.

http://www.trentu.ca/biology/berrill/IdentificationTable.htm