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Vernal Ponds Contained Basin Depressions Lacking a Permanent Above Ground Outlet Small Pool in a shallow Depression of a Wooded Area Pool Formed by a Flooded Meadow Pool in a Vegetated Wetland Pool in a Red Maple Swamp Large Pool Among Hills in an Upland Forest Obligate Vernal Pond Breeders • Wood Frogs • Mole Salamanders – Spotted – Jefferson/Blue Spotted – Marbled • Fairy Shrimp Spotted Salamander Ambystoma Maculatum Spring Migration of Spotted Salamanders Spotted Salamander Congress Spotted Salamander Spermatorphores Spotted Egg Masses Egg Masses Most Often On Vegetation Developing Eggs Spotted Salamander Larvae Incomplete Metamorphosis Other Obligate Mole Salamanders Blue Spotted Salamander Jefferson Salamander Marbled Salamander Wood Frogs Rana Sylvatica Adult Females The “Quacking Frog” Engaged In Amplexus Wood Frog Eggs External Fertilization Wood Frog Communal Egg Masses Wood frog Metamorphosis Tadpole to frog Tadpoles Emergent Wood Frog with Tail Remnant Fairy Shrimp 1 – 2 inch crustaceans that Swim upside down Facultative Vernal Pond Breeders • • • • • • • Spring Peepers Eastern Newts Spadefoot Toad American Toad Fowlers Toad Pickerel Frog Leopard Frog • • • • • • • Green Frog Bullfrog Gray Tree Frog Spotted Turtle Blanding’s Turtle Wood Turtle Invertebrates Facultative Amphibians Spring Peeper Distinguishing characteristics: X Marks the Spot and the Pads on the Toes Other Facultative Amphibians Fowlers Toad Spadefoot Toad Leopard Frog Pickerel Frog Bullfrog Largest New England Frog Gray Treefrog American Toad Distinguishing Characteristics Warts White Line down the Center of the Back Facultative Breeders Green Frogs Common Lake/Pond Species Distinguishing Characteristics Green Throat Ridge Lines from Eyes to Hind Legs Eastern Newts Adult and Juvenile Red Eft Facultative Reptiles Spotted Turtle Blanding’s Turtle Wood Turtle Vernal Pond Invertebrates Backswimmer Isopod Dragonfly Nymph Fingernail Clams and Flat Snails Threats to Vernal Ponds • Development • Logging • Recreation • Other? Vernal Pond Certification with Obligate Species • Signed Observation Form • USGS Map + One Other Map • Evidence of Obligate Species – Photo of Pool Holding Water – Photo of Obligate Species Breeding Certification of Vernal Pond with Facultative Species • Signed Observation Form • USGS Map + One Additional Map • Photos – Photos of Pool Holding Water and the Pool Dry – Photos of two or more Facultative Species Certification of Dry Vernal Pool • Signed Observation Form • USGS Map + One Other Map • Photos – Photo of the Pool Basis Without Water – Photo of Facultative Species Persistent After Pool Drying such as snail shells, fingernail clam shells, exuvia of dragonflies and damselflies
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