In spring frogs and toads lay masses and strings of fertilized spawn in ponds and still waters where the embryo begins the process of metamorphosis

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In spring frogs and toads lay masses and strings of fertilized spawn in ponds and still waters where the embryo begins the process of metamorphosis to release the free swimming tadpole stage

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