If they survive, embryos will hatch into tadpoles within one to three weeks.

Being a bit warmer is typically a good thing for the turtles, since it hastens development and should allow the embryos to hatch earlier.

By Day 1 the embryo has hatched as a ciliated gastrula stage (photograph).

The embryos hatch soon after the nest is inundated with the rising waters of the seasonal pool.

The zygote is small (approximately 3 mm in diameter) and the embryo will hatch after two to three weeks.

The embryos hatch within the mother and eventually the mother gives live birth.

Reproduction in this species is aplacental viviparous, meaning that the embryos hatch from eggs inside the uterus.

In 1984, the survivors were all females and although they laid capsules, no embryos hatched.

Most starfish embryos hatch at the blastula stage.

It is aplacental viviparous, meaning the embryos hatch from egg capsules inside the mother.