Please enjoy these amphibian and reptile photos by Mike Benard. You can use the links below to navigate between different galleries. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email: mfbenard@gmail.com
Coast Gartersnake
Coast Gartersnake showing off the beatiful orange-red stripe and speckling pattern.
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
A male gray treefrog perches on a person's finger.
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 Frog Tadpoles
Two wood frog tadpoles in leaf litter.
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
A pair of painted turtles sit next to two wood ducks on a pond in a log.
Northern Water Snake
A Northern Water Snake cruises through a pond looking for frogs to eat.
Male Eastern Newt
Larva of Jefferson's Salamander Complex
Oriental Firebellied Toad Tadpole
