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Ley-lg-6.jpg - Pool in depression between two hills with dense overstory of hemlocks. It looks shallow but is actually 2-3 feet of water and leaf litter with only six inches of clear water at the surface. Amphibian eggs are laid in the upper open water. Hatched larvae disappear into the muck. This pool is very shaded and quite cool. Breeding by wood frogs and mole salamanders does not take place until late April or early May. Leyden, MA, May 2003.

Pool in depression between two hills with dense overstory of hemlocks. It looks shallow but is actually 2-3 feet of water and leaf litter with only six inches of clear water at the surface. Amphibian eggs are laid in the upper open water. Hatched larvae disappear into the muck. This pool is very shaded and quite cool. Breeding by wood frogs and mole salamanders does not take place until late April or early May.
Leyden, MA, May 2003.		 Download
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