Here are some photos of the recent Nicola Naturalist Society amphibian workshop and some local Merritt/Nicola amphibians. Click on the thumbnails to see full-size images. Then click the links below the photo to move to the next enlarged photo. To return to the thumbnail page click the link above an enlarged photo.
These will be useful for practicing your identification skills.
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- NNS amphibian workshop – 14 May 2011
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- Dr. Kristiina Ovaska at the NNS amphibian workshop 14 May. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
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- Amphibian workshop. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
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- NNS amphbian workshop on 14 May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
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- Pacific Chorus Frog (formerly known as Pacific Tree Frog). Photo: Murphy Shewchuk
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- Collecting data in the Kane Valley. NNS amphibian workshop 14 May 2011. Photo: Alan Burger
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- Frogging in the Kane Valley. 14 May 2011. Photo: Alan Burger
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- Kristiina Ovaska and NNS members after frogs. Kane Valley 14 May 2011. Photo: Alan Burger
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- Frogging at Harrison Lake, Kane Valley. 14 May 2011. Photo: Alan Burger
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- Great Basin Spadefoot – Douglas Lake Road 15 May 2011. Photo: Alan Burger
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- Great Basin Spadefoot in the Nicola grasslands, 14 May 2011. Photo: Kristiina Ovaska.
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- Columbia Spotted Frog in the Nicola valley. Photo: Kristiina Ovaska.
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- A mating pair of Western Toads. Harrison Lake, Kane Valley, 14 May 2011. Photo: Kristiina Ovaska
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- Mating Western Toads at night. Kane Valley 13 May 2011. Photo: Kristiina Ovaska.
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- Mating Western Toads. Kane Valley, 14 May 2011. Photo: Kristiina Ovaska
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- Spadefoot in a cattle hoof print, Merritt area – May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck.
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- Spadefoot male calling in the Merritt area grasslands, May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck.
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- Wetlands used by Great Basin Spadefoots in the ranchlands near Merrit, May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck.
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- A mating pair of Great Basin Spadefoots in the Merritt area, May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck.
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- A mating pair of Western Toads in Harrison Lake, Kane Valley near Merritt. Notice the long strings of blackish eggs which have been released by the larger female and fertilized by the smaller male. Photo: Lennart Sopuck.
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- Communal egg mass where about 20 Columbia Spotted Frogs all laid their eggs. Voght Valley near Merritt, May 2011. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
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- Another view of the Columbia Spotted Frog egg mass in the lake shallows. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
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- The Columbia Spotted Frog egg mass is located in the shallows among the sedges. Photo: Lennart Sopuck
