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2017 Favorite Photos

From tadpoles, to bugs, to turtles, to salamanders to snakes, I've put my favorite 2017 photos together in this gallery.
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  • Coast Gartersnake

    Coast Gartersnake

    Coast Gartersnake showing off the beatiful orange-red stripe and speckling pattern.

  • Face-to-face with an American Toad

    Face-to-face with an American Toad

    An eye-level view of a male American Toad in a pond during breeding season.

  • Gray Treefrog on a finger

    Gray Treefrog on a finger

    A male gray treefrog perches on a person's finger.

  • Hatchling Wood Frogs

    Hatchling Wood Frogs

    Hatchling Wood Frog tadpoles rest on top of the algae-coated egg jelly that they hatched from.

  • Wood Frogs in Amplexus

    Wood Frogs in Amplexus

  • Wood Frog Tadpoles

    Wood Frog Tadpoles

    Two wood frog tadpoles in leaf litter.

  • Beech Blight Aphids

    Beech Blight Aphids

    Beech Blight Aphids will gather in large groups to feed on the sap of beech trees. They have a distinctive "dance" to deter predators. When disturbed, they wave their abdomens and waxy white filaments.

  • Painted Turtles with Wood Ducks

    Painted Turtles with Wood Ducks

    A pair of painted turtles sit next to two wood ducks on a pond in a log.

  • Northern Water Snake

    Northern Water Snake

    A Northern Water Snake cruises through a pond looking for frogs to eat.

  • Male Eastern Newt

    Male Eastern Newt

  • Larva of Jefferson's Salamander Complex

    Larva of Jefferson's Salamander Complex

  • Oriental Firebellied Toad Tadpole

    Oriental Firebellied Toad Tadpole

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