A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California

Pseudacris hypochondriaca hypochondriaca -
Baja California Treefrog - Eggs and Tadpoles

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Eggs

Eggs, Kern County	Eggs, Kern County	Eggs, Kern County	Eggs and tadpole, Kern County

Eggs, Kern County	Eggs, Kern County	Eggs, Kern County
Tadpoles

Mature tadpole with rear legs	Tadpole, Kern County	A group of tadpoles at the shallow edge of a slow creek, Kern County	Tadpole just about to transform, Los Angeles County. © Jonathan Smith

Top - CA Red-legged frog tadpole. Bottom - Sierran Treefrog tadpole	Right - CA Red-legged frog tadpole. Left - Sierran Treefrog tadpole
The eyes of the tadpoles of Pseudacris hypochondriaca extend to the margins of the head when seen from above, while the eyes of tapoles of sympatric Rana draytonii are inset from the margins of the head, as you can see in the above photos of Pseudacris sierra from Alameda County. © Joseph E. DiDonato.
The following pictures show an egg mass and some of the tadpoles that hatched from it over a period of about a month

Eggs, day 1		Eggs five days later showing developing tadpoles, day 6

Tadpoles 3 days later on day of hatching, day 9		Tadpoles 9 days later, day 18

Tadpoles, 3 days later, day 21			Tadpole, 1 day later, day 22

Tadpoles, 6 days later, day 28
Breeding Habitat

Breeding and egg deposition site, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County		Habitat, 340 ft. Kern County
Short Videos

Baja California Treefrog eggs at the edge of a creek in March.	Baja California Treefrog tadpoles in an aquarium a month after hatching.	Baja California Treefrog tadpoles in a pool at the edge of a creek in June.