PHOTOGRAPHS MAWS

Please feel free to send me your favorite wetland and wildlife related photos. - Please request permission to reprint any of the photos (rjordan@boyleassociates.net).

Trying to seek relief from the hot morning sunshine I suppose, this wood frog was observed moving backwards into the cool and shady gullet of a garter snake who lives near a vernal pool in Winslow, ME. (Photo and description by Don Phillips)
Twelve spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) found within a wetland adjacent to a small stream in upstate New York. These dragonflies are often found along lakes, ponds, marshes, and slow moving streams (Steve Knapp, Kleinschmidt USA).
Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) observed feasting then fleeing a vernal pool in Windham, Maine (Stephenie Swiezynski, TRC Environmental).
Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta) - a Maine-listed Species of Special Concern - found lumbering across a logging road in western Maine - Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates.
Big 'ol northern water snake (Nerodia s. sipedon) observed in Raymond Pond in Raymond, Maine (Richard Jordan).
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) - Maine-listed Species of Special Concern (due to apparent decline of southern Maine population) - Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates
Blue spotted salamander eggs (Ambystoma laterale) eggs found in a well-forested Orrington (Penobscot County) pool - Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates
Two little peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) (at least 2!) hiding out in an old survey pipe, found in October in Cumberland, Maine (Richard Jordan, Boyle Associates).
Lee found this gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) a couple of years ago (Lee Burman of SW Cole).
Spotted salamander (Abystoma maculatum) egg mass - Lee Burman.
Click on the red salamander (Psuedotriton ruber) photo to the right. This little guy was living under silt fence next to spring-fed brook on a newly constructed pipeline right-of-way in northern New Jersey. Photo by Richard Jordan of Boyle Associates.
This photo of an eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) was taken by Oscar Emerson, Down to Earth Professional Land Services; Specimen discovered by Cody Emerson, adjacent to Great Works Stream in Bradley, Maine.
Four male and one female wood frog in mating congress in 2006 (Tim Forrester of EcoAnalysts).
Water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) photo taken by Dick Boothby on the Taum Sauk Creek, in Lesterville, MO.
Black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta), photo taken by Dick Boothby on the Taum Sauk Creek, in Lesterville, MO.

Please feel free to send me your favorite wetland related photos, I will circulate them on this page and eventually will start a photo page dedicated to showcasing wetland-related photographs.