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nate
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This is a bog/pond in Webster County, Missouri. By early Summer, it looks drastically different than this because dense reeds and other semi-aquatic plants grow very lush. I have found A. maculatum, A. opacum, and N. v. louisianensis here. It looks quite shallow, but you actually sink up to your chest in the middle.
A quick swipe of the net reveals...A. opacum
Another opacum and a first year Rana catesbeiana tadpole.
Let's just say A. opacum is very common here...this was my best swipe.
A. maculatum was also here.
Seems a lot of the eggs were laid too far on the perimeter of the bog, and the developing embryos were doomed.
A male N. v. louisianensis who was apparently hunting tiny Pseudacris crucifer tadpoles in the shallows
And finally, a young Rana catesbeiana nearby, also with P. crucifer tadpoles.
(Message edited by nate on April 17, 2004)
A quick swipe of the net reveals...A. opacum
Another opacum and a first year Rana catesbeiana tadpole.
Let's just say A. opacum is very common here...this was my best swipe.
A. maculatum was also here.
Seems a lot of the eggs were laid too far on the perimeter of the bog, and the developing embryos were doomed.
A male N. v. louisianensis who was apparently hunting tiny Pseudacris crucifer tadpoles in the shallows
And finally, a young Rana catesbeiana nearby, also with P. crucifer tadpoles.
(Message edited by nate on April 17, 2004)
