So we organised a small frog hunt and we came up with a decent number and cool finds.
I was hoping not to find too many bullfrogs and more Pacific tree frogs. Good thing we only found this one female bullfrog who looked like she was gonna shed soon.
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Found 3 Pacific tree frogs. BTW, all these were not too far off the path. The ground temp was about 11 degrees celcius and the water temp was about 7-8 degrees Celcius. Pretty warm in the bog.
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After try to snap decent pics in the dark with a over-eager camera flash we decided to look for North Western Salamanders under logs. Found this cute female under a mossy log.
<img src="http://www.members.shaw.ca/vanan/NWSalamander.jpg">
Check out those poison glands. These guys secret a poisonous, milky looking substance through their skin when threatened.
<img src="http://www.members.shaw.ca/vanan/NWSalamanderGlands.jpg">
The surprise was when we were peeping into a deep almost stagnant drain and found juvenile North Westerns in it. They were smaller and had a red stripe down their tail. I thought it was a western Redback, but turned out to be a NW. We found 2 in that water area.
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Hope you enjoy the pics. Next time we're gonna go in the day for garters. Hopefully the pics turn out better with natural sunlight.
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