PROGRESS REPORT
D. histrionicus

Sam Hawkins

In the last report I had two free-swimming tadpoles and two food eggs, the two tadpoles disappeared about three days after I wrote the report, the food eggs remained but soon went mouldy.  The problem seems to be that the parents don't realise what they are supposed to do after they have laid the eggs.

At present I have seven free-swimming tadpoles about two weeks old from a clutch of fourteen fertile eggs, in the same Petri dish as before (under a coconut hut).  This time the parents seem to take more notice of the tadpoles and when I come home from work, nine times out of ten there will be one of the parents sat on top of the coconut, as if guarding the clutch.

The adults have also in the last week laid another clutch of seven eggs in a film canister at the opposite end of the tank.  These also look to be fertile and have much better jelly covering than before. I will keep you posted!