What are these tadpoles?

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   I had my usual crop of frog spawn early this year, but it looked like they had all died, so I stopped checking them in my "water feature". As I was putting out my washing this morning I noticed, much to my surprise, that the water was heaving with taddies! They are big, about 1.5 inches long with a very wide tail. They are speckled dark grey on top, and paler speckled grey on their bellies. Their bodies are eggshaped, but have no sign of legs yet.

I'm not sure if they are frogs, as I have toads and newts in my garden too. Can anyone identify these? I'm really happy though, as i thought I'd missed out this year!

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cyba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote cyba Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: What are these tadpoles? Posted: 23 May 2005 at 6:35am
	I had my usual crop of frog spawn early this year, but it looked like they had all died, so I stopped checking them in my "water feature". As I was putting out my washing this morning I noticed, much to my surprise, that the water was heaving with taddies! They are big, about 1.5 inches long with a very wide tail. They are speckled dark grey on top, and paler speckled grey on their bellies. Their bodies are eggshaped, but have no sign of legs yet. I'm not sure if they are frogs, as I have toads and newts in my garden too. Can anyone identify these? I'm really happy though, as i thought I'd missed out this year!

cyba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote cyba Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 2005 at 9:17am
	It would be cool if my toads bred, but I'm still dead chuffed to have frog taddies and so many, and so healthy-looking!

djp_phillips Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 180	Post Options Post Reply Quote djp_phillips Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jan 2006 at 2:47pm
	yes toad tads. are black
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