: a young frog
specifically
: one that has recently metamorphosed from a tadpole
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Male Darwin’s frogs actually carry tadpoles inside their vocal sacs as a protective act while the larvae metamorphose into froglets.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
For a study published in September in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, scientists painted 640 fake wax froglets in several color schemes: green, like the adults; a bright, uniform red color matching that of the juveniles; and bright red with white speckles, like an actual froglet.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2023
But their resting color also alters over time, with froglets tending to display lighter green tones than their adult counterparts, which tend to display darker green tones and grays.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Emerging into the world on the leaves of trees, coquís hatch as teensy-tiny froglets, with short tails that vanish shortly after hatching.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Depending on the need and location, the future offspring of the six frogs currently at the center could be released into the wild at a variety of life stages: egg mass, tadpole, froglet or full-grown frog.
—Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
On Tuesday, the Houston Zoo shared photos of eleven green mantella froglets that made their debut just after the first of the New Year.
—Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
All other live-birthing frogs bear froglets—some with bizarre methods.
—National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2016
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
For a study published in September in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, scientists painted 640 fake wax froglets in several color schemes: green, like the adults; a bright, uniform red color matching that of the juveniles; and bright red with white speckles, like an actual froglet.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2023
But their resting color also alters over time, with froglets tending to display lighter green tones than their adult counterparts, which tend to display darker green tones and grays.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Emerging into the world on the leaves of trees, coquís hatch as teensy-tiny froglets, with short tails that vanish shortly after hatching.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Depending on the need and location, the future offspring of the six frogs currently at the center could be released into the wild at a variety of life stages: egg mass, tadpole, froglet or full-grown frog.
—Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
On Tuesday, the Houston Zoo shared photos of eleven green mantella froglets that made their debut just after the first of the New Year.
—Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
All other live-birthing frogs bear froglets—some with bizarre methods.
—National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2016
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