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tonyturley

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Scott Depot, WV, USA
Name
Tony
From a nature walk with a couple of local biologists. X-T1 + Pentax-M 50mm 1.4.

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Britanica said:
They may gross people out but I personally love frogs and newts! haha Very nice set of pictures. What kind of frog is that?
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It is a Wood Frog, one of our most common frogs. The newt is a Red EFT, the juvenile stage of a Red Spotted Newt. As a juvenile, they are strictly terrestrial, but as they mature, they get considerably larger and spend their time in or near water. They are also quite toxic to predators, which explains their willingness to be out in the open.
 
TonyTurley said:
It is a Wood Frog, one of our most common frogs. The newt is a Red EFT, the juvenile stage of a Red Spotted Newt. As a juvenile, they are strictly terrestrial, but as they mature, they get considerably larger and spend their time in or near water. They are also quite toxic to predators, which explains their willingness to be out in the open.
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Very cool stuff! We have a lot of the gray tree frogs around here. They love to use my pool to mate in before it gets opened for the summer. At night it sounds like a jungle! haha I had a paddle-tail newt for 5 or so years. They are some amazing creatures. Very smart too!
 
Good Afternoon,

Living in the woodlands brings the treefrogs up close; while having cup of coffee among the Hemlocks, this one was looking for some attention...:). It was happy to get back into the safety of the forest after a cool drink of fresh water. I love the way the M. Zuiko 12-100mm can work as a pseudo-macro in a pinch! It lives on one of my PEN-F's pretty much permanently at this time.

Regards,

Edd


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I saw this little a few weeks ago and then we had the drought in the UK And thought we’d lost him. Then this morning some light rain an there he was. He must have needed it badly, but it gladdened me to see him about. Our cat was fascinated by him but didn’t try to catch him, just sat beside him and looked.
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