Journey's End - 'albino' froglet (Rana temporaria)
regular viewers will know that I have been raising some albino frogspawn through tadpolehood and now to metamorphosis - and guess what, there has been a progressive pigmentation so that the froglets look indistinguishable from normal ones to me, at least. Interestingly many of the tadpoles had severely kinked tails but they seem to have gone on to produce healthy enough froglets. I can't raise the little critters any further, so I guess that's the experiment over. As with much science, the experiment has raised more questions than it has answered, but at least we know that albino spawn doesn't necessarily mean albino froglets!
Journey's End - 'albino' froglet (Rana temporaria)
regular viewers will know that I have been raising some albino frogspawn through tadpolehood and now to metamorphosis - and guess what, there has been a progressive pigmentation so that the froglets look indistinguishable from normal ones to me, at least. Interestingly many of the tadpoles had severely kinked tails but they seem to have gone on to produce healthy enough froglets. I can't raise the little critters any further, so I guess that's the experiment over. As with much science, the experiment has raised more questions than it has answered, but at least we know that albino spawn doesn't necessarily mean albino froglets!