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nate
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This is a spring in Webster County, Missouri. Water is flowing up from under the rocks seen and continues on as a small creek. This is where I collect my Eurycea spelaeus (formerly Typhlotriton).
Lifting these rocks reveal the E. spelaeus
Beyond the spring, a shallow pool perhaps 30 yards long is choked with lush growth of watercress. I've never found the Eurycea beyond these rocks.
But the watercress is full of Anuran eggs and adults, like this Blanchard's cricket frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi
Further on, the pool ends and becomes a typical Ozark stream.
Though this stream is full of fish, amazingly A. maculatum are here as well.
And a view of the adjacent woodland habitat. The undergrowth is very lush.
Lifting these rocks reveal the E. spelaeus
Beyond the spring, a shallow pool perhaps 30 yards long is choked with lush growth of watercress. I've never found the Eurycea beyond these rocks.
But the watercress is full of Anuran eggs and adults, like this Blanchard's cricket frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi
Further on, the pool ends and becomes a typical Ozark stream.
Though this stream is full of fish, amazingly A. maculatum are here as well.
And a view of the adjacent woodland habitat. The undergrowth is very lush.
thank you!