Button's Banana Slug
Button's Banana Slug (Ariolimax buttoni) crossing the road taken near Lexington Reservoir, Los Gatos, California.
Merav Vonshak
California Newt
California Newt (Taricha torosa) trying to cross Alma Bridge Rd, Los Gatos, CA. We have documented 5,000 roadkill newts every year for the past 3 years on this 4 mile road.
Merav Vonshak
Western Gray Squirrel
Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) crossing the road. In the past few years we documented 3 different species of squirrels dead on Alma Bridge Rd, Los Gatos, CA
Merav Vonshak
Snapping Turtle
Snapping turtle in Minnesota, from our project is helping to direct turtles and other small animals to safe passages under roadways.
Tricia Markle
Elevated Road Segment
The elevated road segment prototype in Sierra NF for Yosemite toad, 100 feet long and 8"high.
Cheryl S. Brehme
Western Ecological Research Center
U. S. Geological Survey
Frogs and Toads
This photograph sums up many things; First of all, to say that it is part of my work as a road ecologist, in an inspection of a highway when I looked into a culvert I found this scenario that caught my attention, many times in nature we find important life lessons. They see that the dry space is limited, therefore it must be shared, it does not matter that we are not the same, with the naked eye we see frogs or toads, in reality there are two different species, one of frog and another of toad (biologist's comment 🤓 ).