When I brought the eggs from Josh's pond home all of the loosely floating eggs hatched the very next day. Tiny, about a quarter of an inch, with small frilled gills, I wasn't sure what I had. The frilled gills threw me off. I thought maybe salamanders or newts. So much for my expertise at identifying newly hatched amphibians. They are frog tadpoles. What kind I am not exactly sure, I'm still researching that.
Remember the clear jelly clump, with the green eggs? They didn't start to hatch until about a week later, and it was evident right away they weren't frogs. They have much narrower bodies and frilled gills that continue to stay frilled. I'm thinking a newt. Or salamander.
