degiustoi tadpole is very similar to that of a modern tadpole. Imprints of spiny projections on the gills indicated that the tadpole likely even ate the same way modern tadpoles do, with a filter ...

Amphibians lay eggs in water like this frogspawn. The wriggling tadpoles hatch with tails and gills to breathe underwater just like fish. As they grow, they develop legs and lungs and begin to ...

First, tadpoles grow back legs, then front ones. Skin grows over the gills they use to breathe underwater. Their tails shrink and eventually disappear. “Their lungs get better," said Daniel ...