Showing posts with label Amphibian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amphibian. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Reality Bites

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This isn't the kind of photography everyone might appreciate, but it's the reality of the world of nature. Predation and parasitism ...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens)

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Also known as the Red-spotted Newt, and the terrestrial phase in the photos below is called a Red Eft – learn more about this amphibian'...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Fuliginous Frogs and Baffling Batrachians

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Fuliginous means sooty, and is being used in the sense of obscure, as in seeing through a glass, darkly. In my case it certainly applies to ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

"No Name" Nature

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This large caterpillar was found crawling in the vegetation near the forest floor. Given its size, about the length and width of my pinky fi...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)

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The Pickerel Frog is distinguished from the Leopard Frog by the two rows of rectangular spots between the dorsolateral ridges, whereas the L...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Tadpoles are turning into Tiny Toads

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Less than a quarter of an inch long and easily mistaken for an insect or spider, there are hundreds of these little guys currently scamperin...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Northern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)

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This little gem was hidden under a decaying log along one of the Frink Center trails on October 12th, 2009. The first two photos of the sala...