Question: Amphibian eggs- newt/salamander or frog?

[grimmjowls]

Located in Michigan.

Thought these were frog eggs right off the bat (leopard or wood) but could very well be Noto eggs or something else.

They were more in a vernal pool of sorts rather than a lake or pond.

Photos - Frog... Newt eggs/babies?... ID?... - Album on Imgur

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

 

[sully]

My bet is some sort of salamander or newt. By the shape of the head and what looks like gills forming it's definitely not frog eggs.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibians_of_Michigan

There is a list of salamanders that are native to the Great Lakes and Michigan area. Post pics as they get larger by then someone will have a better idea

 

[Blackbun]

Very interesting. I noticed the top tadpole first and immediately thought it looked bufo. However, the larger one seems to have a pronounced neck which leads me to the tailed caudates. It's the very dark body that still draws me to the bufo. Were the eggs clumped, in strings, singular? Any sign of adults or more advanced developed animals?

 

[sde]

They look like frog tadpoles to me. Some (probably not all) species of frog tadpoles have small external gills right after hatching. I have seen this myself with newly hatched tadpoles.

 

[grimmjowls]

Very interesting. I noticed the top tadpole first and immediately thought it looked bufo. However, the larger one seems to have a pronounced neck which leads me to the tailed caudates. It's the very dark body that still draws me to the bufo. Were the eggs clumped, in strings, singular? Any sign of adults or more advanced developed animals?

They were clumped, so I've strayed away from the thought of Bufo. Also, no adults or any other herps were to be found, unfortunately.


Some new photos from today...

 

[Noodlethenewt]

Definatly wood frog tadpoles if it was clumped eggs also the young ones I shave raised were identical soon after hatching. You probably already know dis cents been a few days ?