This is a hatchling salamander, from the egg pictured on Sunday's post. It's about 10 days old. These tadpoles are only about a half an inch long, and seem to develop faster than the frog tadpoles. They have 2 legs in front with 4 tiny fingers. Although these guys are smaller than the frog babies, they swim fast! Most of the time though they like to hide away motionless in crevices under the larger rocks. I haven't seen them eat the cooked lettuce like the wogs do...hope they are eating something. I better do some research on these little fellas.Tuesday, May 8, 2007
A Stranger Among Us...
This is a hatchling salamander, from the egg pictured on Sunday's post. It's about 10 days old. These tadpoles are only about a half an inch long, and seem to develop faster than the frog tadpoles. They have 2 legs in front with 4 tiny fingers. Although these guys are smaller than the frog babies, they swim fast! Most of the time though they like to hide away motionless in crevices under the larger rocks. I haven't seen them eat the cooked lettuce like the wogs do...hope they are eating something. I better do some research on these little fellas.
