tadpole
Gilled pond juvenile
A tadpole is the larval stage of a frog or toad—the small, aquatic creature with a rounded body and long tail that emerges from the egg before metamorphosing into an adult.
Tadpoles breathe through gills and swim by wriggling their tails.
The word sometimes describes anything small and tailed, or affectionately, a small child.
Small still body
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
- streamSteady continuous flow
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
wetland · bog · swamp · lily pad · algae · duckweed · cattail · aquatic plants
Rear animal appendage
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- spiracleExternal respiratory aperture
- mouthOral opening
- eyesOrgans of sight
belly · yolk sac · intestine · translucent · legless · limbless
Immature tailless hopper
- toadWarty terrestrial amphibian
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- newtSmall aquatic salamander
- salamanderTailed, moist-skinned amphibian
hatchling · spawn · egg mass · jelly · clutch · vertebrate · cold-blooded · ectotherm
Thorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hindlegsRear locomotive appendages
- forelegsAnimal's anterior limbs
gills · lungs · morphing · stages · life cycle · differentiation · froglet · juvenile
pond
Small still body
marsh · wetland · bog · swamp · lily pad · algae · duckweed · cattail · aquatic plants · shallow water
tail
Rear animal appendage
eyes · belly · yolk sac · intestine · translucent · legless · limbless
froglet
Immature tailless hopper
salamander · hatchling · spawn · egg mass · jelly · clutch · vertebrate · cold-blooded · ectotherm · aquatic
transformation
Thorough change in form
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hindlegsRear locomotive appendages
forelegs · gills · lungs · morphing · stages · life cycle · differentiation · froglet · juvenile · adult
swimming
Locomotion through water
filter feeding · herbivore · hiding · basking · surfacing · cannibalism · foraging
- amphibiansfrog, frogs, newt, toad, toads
- fish and amphibiansfish, shark, sharks, salmon, cod
- freshwater lifecatfish, trout, bass, salmon, frog
- frogsbullfrog, tree frog, poison dart frog, wood frog, green frog
- hatchlingshatchling, chick, duckling, gosling, cygnet
- pond lifefish, frog, frogs, algae, pond snails