Wood Frog Eggs

A trip to the vernal pool yesterday revealed masses of wood frog eggs. These eggs can often be found in vernal pools. Here's what they look like:

Do you see the little black circles? Those will get longer over the next few weeks, and slowly develop into tiny tadpoles that look like this.

Over the rest of the spring, the tadpoles will grow. Eventually they will become tiny froglets.

Wood frogs are pretty common in Pennsylvania. A full-grown wood frog is shown below. Do you notice the robber's mask?