1. There’s the frog of course.
2. When frogs mate, they lay eggs.
3. The eggs hatch into tadpoles, a larval state with gills, a tail and a lateral line
4. The tadpole will metamorphose into a froglet with legs and lungs
5. Some definitions define a tadpole with legs and a tail state and a froglet state that is basically a tiny frog with a tail before it loses the tail and becomes a frog properly.
The metamorphosis from a tadpole into froglet is gradual. I don’t think biologists are particularly concerned with how many steps there are.
It kind of depends on how you count them.
1. There’s the frog of course.
2. When frogs mate, they lay eggs.
3. The eggs hatch into tadpoles, a larval state with gills, a tail and a lateral line
4. The tadpole will metamorphose into a froglet with legs and lungs
5. Some definitions define a tadpole with legs and a tail state and a froglet state that is basically a tiny frog with a tail before it loses the tail and becomes a frog properly.
The metamorphosis from a tadpole into froglet is gradual. I don’t think biologists are particularly concerned with how many steps there are.