• Order Anura
• Hatches from eggs laid in water
• Some eggs laid in moist land areas or dropped into water or swept into water by rains or carried to water by parent
• Developmental stage between egg and adult
• Growth influenced by temperature and other environmental factors
• Body somewhat flattened
• Frog larva or baby
• No external gills
• Contains visible legs
• Has a tail
• Drying of pools speeds change to adults
