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Amphibians

These small and beautiful 1 inch tadpoles found in a tiny pool associated with a small stream are Green Frog tadpoles [Lithobates clamitans] found in Tioga County.Pa.12-12-20.Green Frogs tadpoles can take up to 2 years to metamorphosis to frogs and land.That means the tadpoles overwintering,in some instances,under the ice.
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American Bullfrog tadpoles [Lithobates catesbeianus].Tioga County,Pa.9-15-20.
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Wood Frog tadpole [Lithobates sylvaticus].Pa.6-1-20
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A unusual silver sided [light colored] Ambystoma opacum larva with a Wood Frog tadpole [Lithobates sylvaticus].Pa.6-1-20
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A young American Bullfrog.Dauphin County,Pa.10-25-19 [Lithobates catesbeianus]
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A young American Bullfrog found a cozy place to spend the winter under a piece of wood in a dry vernal pool.Dauphin County,Pa.10-25-19 [Lithobates catesbeianus]
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 Wood Frog Tadpoles metamorphosis to frogs [Lithobates sylvaticus].Tioga County,Pa.6-29-19
 Wood Frog Tadpoles metamorphosis to frogs [Lithobates sylvaticus].Tioga County,Pa.6-29-19
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Spotted Salamander larvae [Ambystoma maculatum] with Wood frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,Pa.6-27-19
A sea of Wood Frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,Pa.6-21-19
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​Wood Frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,Pa.5-28-19
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Young Wood Frog [it was very tiny,one third the size of an adult].Dauphin County,Pa.5-17-19 [Lithobates sylvaticus]
Young Wood Frog [it was very tiny,one third the size of an adult].Dauphin County,Pa.5-17-19 [Lithobates sylvaticus]
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The most beautiful female Wood frog that I have ever seen [lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,Pa.3-27-19
The most beautiful female Wood frog that I have ever seen [lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,Pa.3-27-19
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Wood Frog.Dauphin County,Pa.3-27-19 [Lithobates sylvaticus]
Green Frog tadpoles.Dauphin County,Pa.3-23-19 [Lithobates clamitans]
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Green Frog [Rana clamitans melanota]Coos County,N.H.9-2-18
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Gray Tree Frog [Hyla versicolor].Tadpole [top] and metamorphosing to a frog [bottom].Dauphin County,Pa.8-20-18
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Eastern American Toad [Anaxyrus americanus].Dauphin County,Pa.
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Comparing eggs and embryos of two Ambystoma salamander species.Jefferson's [Ambystoma jeffersonianum] the left,ready to hatch.Spotted [Ambystoma maculatum] on the right,one to two weeks from hatching.Notice the larger space between the inner envelope of the egg and the vitelline membrane in the Spotted egg.Tioga County,Pa.5-5-18
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Pickerel Frog [Lithobates palustris].Dauphin County,Pa.5-4-18
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These pictures show the larvae of Jefferson Salamander [Ambystoma jeffersonianum],both inside the egg [embryo] and newly hatched.Please notice the rod like projections on the head of the larvae both inside the egg and out.These are called balancers,they help the newly hatched larvae from sinking and also maintain their balance.They are only on for a short while,till the larvae develops its forelimbs for use in locomotion.
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My photographic tank and some of my equipment.If you look close you can see a Northern Red Salamander larvae in the tank.Perry County,Pa.3-30-18
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The beautiful and amazing Fairy Shrimp [Anostraca].Perry County,Pa.3-20-18.A food source so many vernal pool creatures,salamander larvae,frogs,tadpoles all feed on them
 Fairy Shrimp [Anostraca].Perry County,Pa.3-18-18
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The beautiful and amazing Fairy Shrimp [Anostraca].Perry County,Pa.3-20-18.A food source so many vernal pool creatures,salamander larvae,frogs,tadpoles all feed on them.Please notice the eggs she is carrying inside her.
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Green frog Tadpole [Lithobates clamitans].Perry County,Pa.3-11-18
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Green Frog tadpoles [lithobates clamitans].Dauphin County,Pa.2-27-18.Green frog tadpoles take years to develop into frogs.Overwintering tadpoles can be seen under the ice throughout winter.
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Wood Frog eggs [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,3-4-18
A beautiful sound Wood Frogs [Lithobates sylvaticus].Perry County,2-21-18
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The last thing I expected to see on a cold and windy day.What I believe to be 20+ wood frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,11-26-17
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Juvenile Gray Treefrogs [Haya versicolor].Dauphin County,10-5-17
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Gray Tree Frog and their beautiful tadpoles [Hyla versicolor].Dauphin County,8-6-17
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Green Frog [Lithobates clamitans].Perry County,6-30-17
Wood Frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Dauphin County,6-27-17
Wood frog tadpoles [Lithobates sylvaticus].Perry County,Pa.6-14-17
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Wood frog tadpole [Rana sylvatica].Perry County,4-23-17 
Male Wood Frog [Rana sylvatica].Dauphin County,3-3-17
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Female Wood Frog [Rana sylvatica].Dauphin County,2-24-17
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Male and Female Wood Frogs [Rana sylvatica],female on the bottom.Dauphin County,2-24-17
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Spring Peeper [Hyla cruicfer] mating.Dauphin County,5-8-16
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Wood Frog [Rana sylvatica].Coos county,N.H.7-10-15
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American toad [Anaxyrus americanus].Dauphin county,6-25-14
Spring Peeper [Hyla crucifer] mating.Vernal pool,Dauphin county,5-8-16
Wood frog [Rana sylvatica] tadpoles,vernal pool.Dauphin county,4-15-16
Wood frog [Rana sylvatica] tadpoles moving inside their eggs, [the first three pictures].Dauphin county,3-31-16. Rana sylvatica tadpoles free from their eggs [last two pictures].Vernal pool,Dauphin county,4-2-16
Wood frogs [Rana sylvatica] mating & Wood frog eggs,vernal pool.Dauphin county, 3-11-16
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Eastern Gray Treefrog [Hyla versicolor].Mahantongo valley,Schuylkill county,7-30-15
Wood frog [Rana sylvatica].Coos county,N.H.8-21-12 
American toad [Anaxyrus americanus].Coos county,N.H.8-21-14
Green frog [Rana clamitans].Coos county,N.H.9-2-14
Young American toad [Anaxyrus  americanus].Dauphin county,5-15-15
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