Amphibian spring

Spring has arrived and we are doing several scouting trips to different potential beetle sampling sites. The insect season is only slowly starting but the amphibians are full on. Really enjoyed shooting with the x-t3 and 80 mm macro again.

Ambystoma laterale, one of two Amystoma species in the region and very exiting for a European like me

Abandoned beaver floodings has turned out to be a great place for dipnetting. But what is the latency of declines in wetland species in these once dynamic freshwater habitats?

Lithobates pipiens

Wood frog in its breeding habitat. A hard earned image using the LAOWA 15mm f/4 1:1 Macro lense. Not for the fainthearted to use this on anything that moves.

Lithobates sylvaticus

Lithobates pipiens

Bufo americanus

Bufo americanus amplexus

Ambystoma breeding pond.