When does a tadpole become a frog?

Question

What's the defining moment?

Answer 1

The Tadpole Begins To Change


After about five weeks, the tadpole begins to change. It starts to grow hind legs, which are soon followed with forelegs. Behind their heads bulges appear where their front legs are growing. Their tails become smaller. Lungs begin to develop, preparing the frog for its life on land. Now and then, they wiggle to the surface to breathe in air. The tail becomes larger and makes it now possible for the tadpole to swim around and catch food. They eat plants and decaying animal matter. Some tadpoles eat frogs eggs and other tadpoles.


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Almost There . . .

Over time, the tadpole becomes even more froglike. They have shed their skin and lips. Its mouth widens, and it loses its horny jaws. The tail becomes much smaller, and the legs grow. The lungs are almost functioning at this point.


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The Frog


Eleven weeks after the egg was laid, a fully developed frog with lungs, legs, and no tail emerges from the water. This frog will live mostly on land, with occasional swims. The tiny frogs begin to eat insects and worms. Eventually, it will find a mate. The way this is done varies depending on the species. The female lays the eggs, the male fertilizes them, and the whole process begins again.

Answer 2

The tadpole hatches in a few days to a week or more and metamorphoses into a frog within two months to three years. During metamorphosis the lungs develop, limbs appear, the tail is absorbed, and the mouth becomes typically froglike. In some Oriental species the eggs are deposited on land and the young hatch as froglets, not tadpoles.

Answer 3

When it loses its gills and tail and grow legs.

What kind of primary education did you have that they didn't grow frogs in school? If it helps, there are lots of other tadpoles in most primary school and some of them grow up to be teenagers, but the next stage in their metamorphosis when they finally become human again is much more difficult to judge.

Answer 4

When its not A Tadpole anymore!

Answer 5

When it has 4 limbs and its tail has fallen off.

Answer 6

when a princess kisses it

Answer 7

When it is old enough.