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On the crawl, on the shady side of the butte

Ran under a sage before I caught it. First one I've ever seen. Second one I know of in this general area.

Found while hiking in a heavily forested area. Also very nice didn’t try to bite or anything

Common Garter Snake

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii)

Caught outside in field, photo taken indoors. Catch and release.

Salamander metamorph.
Found in a palustrine wetland. 1+ m water, dense sedge grasses and willow covered banks.

Leopard Frog tadpole found close to the surface, above vegetation, of a large palustrine wetland. 1+ m. deep water w/ fish.

44.30102, -112.61803

Crossing the highway. I helped it across

Habitat photo. Several distinct individuals can be heard in the attached sound recording of the calls.

Male calling on cold day. Calling from yard.

Adult male

Identified by Charles Peterson as a Northern Leopard Frog being eaten by a Terrestrial Garter Snake.

Rangers photographed him at Castle Rocks pond. They named him Clyde.

Found underneath a large igneous rock along with an ant colony. Picture of microhabitat included.

Temperature 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity 65%. Wind SW 13 mph. UV index 6. Pressure 29.82 inHg.

Multiple garter snakes. Looks like they are just coming out of hibernation.

Gorgeous striped whipsnake found protruding from a rockpile on a steep hillside overlooking good lizard hunting grounds.

Egg strings

Egg mashes and tadpoles

Found in a crevice in the rocks. Rock face has a permanent water flow over it.

I would Like to believe that this is a Northern Leopard Frog because of the time that I found it which was the end of August of 2018. However, still not sure if I am right.

Olive-green on upper surface, yellowish underneath. Smooth scales.

Intermountain Bird Observatory Lucky Peak Mountain. 2:52pm on road just left (North) Of large walltent.

Upper Lanes Creek, Blackfoot River subbasin, Caribou Co. Idaho

Found in the dirt when digging potatoes

Small Snake eating a small trout

juvenile

Don't know if woodhouse's or western toad. Lots of baby toads around edge of pond.