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Saw nothing, too hot, and I had to leave before a more optimum time to look. Still so beautiful, thought I'd share.
The 3rd pic of the little mountain pool - April 22 - is this too late to see toad tadpoles? I encountered two small streams with quiet pools and saw no tadpoles. High elevation Riverside county. Saw a toad here one year, so just curious.

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Mark

Not knowing exactly where you are, what toads are in your area etc... all I can say is that for the majority of toad species in the U.S. it's still a bit early for tadpoles... you are likely to be seeing eggs for most of the species now through May... again very dependent on where you are, some toads breed all year long, others all through spring and into the fall... think a couple of species even start in February if I remember correctly.

Not much of an answer but as I said... all depends on where you are .

Gerry

I saw some tadpoles the other day in MA. It was at night with the flashlight when we saw them. Im pretty sure they were bull frog tadpoles or at least some kind of water frog tadpoles. Havent seen toad tadpoles yet, usually in May we see them round here.

Wood Frogs and Spring Peepers have only been out and about for two weeks or so now... Bullfrogs are still a little ways off... down your way it's very possible you're already seeing Bullfrog tadpoles... trees here have only just started budding let alone being in bloom... hell I can even see patches of snow in the woods outside my windows as I type this(had about 1" fall last Saturday)... I love Maine but sometimes I'm a little envious of you "southerners"... a whole month and better head start on all the good stuff.

Gerry

Bullfrogs spend two years as a tadpole before turning into frogs so you should be able to see bullfrog tadpoles year round.

Dan

but the tadpoles, just as the adults do, brumate during the winter months... the tadpoles here "appear" around the same time as the adults, without a great effort on my part I'm not likely to see them in February as easily as someone further down south... and of course the time will vary depending on just where you are along their range.

All a matter of semantics I guess in just what you mean by being able to see them all year round.

Gerry

Toad tadpoles as they look right now.