The Ranidae: How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog — John Shaqi
The Ranidae: How to breed, feed and raise the edible frogUnknown
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The Ranidae: How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog
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Frog culture
Figure 1 represents the embryo as it appears several days after the egg
is deposited. Figure 2 gives an outline of its form; the arrows at the
side of the head shows the currents of water, which are seen to flow to
the branchiae by the breathing of the young animal. A short period
brings it to the form represented in Nos. 3 and 4, the latter
representing the head. Figure 5 shows the form of the tadpole when
first hatched, which usually takes place about four weeks after the
depositing of the egg. Figures 6, 7 and 8 shows various stages of its
development; the latter representing the tadpole, called pollywog
sometimes; this, for some time, now undergoes little change of form,
but increases in size. At length the hinder legs bud, and are gradually
developed, as seen in No. 9; the fore legs are ere long produced in a
similar manner.
HATCHINGS. The tail begins now to diminish, as seen in No. 10, and is
finally absorbed into the body and disappears. The tadpole (which, for
a time, is like a fish and breathing by branchiae, or gills, and feeding
on vegetable food of fishes) is now a frog; breathes the air by true
lungs, and betakes itself to the land, where it pursues the avocations
of its new and higher life, whereas it before swam by means of a tail
it now leaps, and as before, it ate only roots and grass, it now
becomes a hunter of insects and worms. This, or a very similar process
of reproduction, is common to all species of the family. The Rana Frogs
form the highest group of the Batrachian class. They are active
creatures, feeding on insects and worms. Those which live upon the
ground in the neighborhood of standing water, and pass a considerable
portion of their lives in the water, have their toes pointed, and those
of the hinder feet united, almost to the tips, by membrane.
Food for Tadpoles.
The spawn or egg takes from four to six weeks to hatch to the shape of
a tadpole, and the tadpole takes about four or five months to hatch or
change its shape from that of a tadpole to a small frog, which is done
as stated in previous paragraph. Frogs are very prolific. One bunch of
spawn, from large, well developed frogs, and of five years of age or
over, will produce or hatch over one thousand tadpoles. But of course
all of these will not be raised to become small Frogs. But a great
proportion of them can be if properly cared for and you have the proper
facilities.
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