Brian Knep : Journal
Rediscovering Frogs
The project has so many unknowns—live animals, photography, software—that I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and am having trouble starting the hard work. Pushing myself forward, I spent some time with Brian F, the frog master (my term, not his).
Brian’s a quiet and sweet guy who happens to love reptiles. His sits in a room surrounded by thousands of frogs in all stages of development and has a collection of reptiles at his home. We talked about aquariums, filtration, heating, feeding, life cycles, and more. Very productive, but most important was seeing the frogs again and rediscovering my fascination with them and, through that, my passion for this project.
Frog eggs, frogs make eggs,
Lone frog, and frog legs!
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Thanks I needed some info about theese eggs I have for a science fair. I had no clue what kind they were.
The frogs and eggs in the pictures are from the sprecies Xenopus Laevis. You may be able to get eggs here: http://www.xenopus.com/
vicariously living through your fascination, the kids and i just gathered up some frog eggs, but on the eggs, which are black, there is a little white spot on most of them. Is that a fungus, and they are likely not to make it or? Just wondering if you, or the frog master may know if that is normal or abnormal, will be taking a picture shortly…
Jaye
Jaye, I don’t know but I suspect it’s normal, especially if the white spot looks about the same on all the eggs. If you look at my eggs above you’ll see a white area on all of them. Possibly where the embryo attaches to the egg sac? Good luck!
my mom had eggs in her pond and she didnt no what they were now she is still looking them up to see what they are . this page helped her!!