Dorsal View Of A Pickerel Frog Tadpole. A Pickerel Frog During Metamorphosis. It Is Transitioning From The Tadpole Stage To The Adult Stage. It Still Has The Tail Of The Tadpole, But It Now Has Four Legs Of The Adult. This Is An Awkward Stage When The Froglets Are Especially Vulnerable To Predators.

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