Can I buy tadpoles?

[leejaysmum]

Does anybody know i if I can purchase live Tadpoles for a childrens educational project, and if so, where? Many thanks.

[lankeela]

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/misc_critters/tadpoles.htm

But surely half the fun of having tadpoles is in catching them from a pond!

[woofgang]

Please do make sure that you know what breed of tadpole you are buying...especially if they are for an outdoor project where they might escape into the wild. The American bullfrog has been a big problem in this respect, although you should know if that is the type of tadpole you are getting as its HUGE.
Lankeela round us (hampshire) the frog population is much reduced by a virus. there isn'y anything that you can do to restock as the incomers get the virus and die too, you just have to wait for the very few resistant frogs to start breeding again :( Our garden used to be full of frogs, now there are none