Amphibians
Quick Notes:
Frogs
Basically, you got your big frogs and your little frogs. The biggest is the Bullfrog, an impressive predator, and the smallest hereabouts is the Spring Peeper. There are also Tree Frogs and Chorus Frogs, but I have no photos of either.
Salamanders
Salamanders are both amazingly common and amazingly secretive. Red-backed Salamanders may represent the single largest vertebrate population in our forests, but most folks don’t even know what one looks like. Get out and flip some rocks when the forest is wet, or visit a vernal pool come spring.
Toads
We have three toads, two Bufos, American and Fowlers, and one Spade-footed Toad. I have only seen American Toads, although I have heard Fowler’s, I have never been able to track one down. I like toads, something about their wholly inappropriate air of dignity.