Polliwog
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see tadpole.
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Tadpole - larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals.
Other Names Polliwog, Chucklehead Cat Description Ameiurus is Greek and means "primitive" or "curtailed" in reference to the slight notch in the caudal fin; melas is also Greek and means "black.
Amphibians are characterized by a life cycle which begins with an unshelled egg laid in water, the egg hatches into a fish like, gill breathing larva (called a tadpole or polliwog in frogs and toads), ...
They typically lay their eggs in freshwater puddles, ponds, or lakes, where their gilled larvae (called tadpoles or polliwogs) hatch and develop until they can live on land.
Frog is also strongly associated with magic and transformation. Beginning life as an egg, it becomes a polliwog, then a frog. It is thus a reminder to us that life is a miracle of change and transformation.
The fertilized eggs soon develop into tadpoles, and the large-headed polliwogs filter feed upon decaying plant matter. Removal of this material increases the amount of oxygen in the water and prolongs the life of the pond.
a number of stages they slowly change: legs appear, in frogs the tail gets shorter with every change, and finally the gills disappear and the animal has to get out of the water and onto the land to live on. The larvae are known as tadpoles, polliwogs ...
 See also: Toad, Burro, Reptile, Snake, Dinosaur
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