Underwater River Scenery Pictures, Page 2

These are red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens. Thanks Gonzo for the ID.

Mating toads and their eggs in the shallows.

Gonzo and I had to wait a few seconds for this snapping turtle to get out of our way before we crossed over a log on his small stream.

Mating toads.

Mating toads, with a huge number of eggs stretching out behind them.

Here's one of my first test underwater pictures with the Pentax Optio WPi. It's a very shallow riffle in a clear trout stream.

This is a tailed frog, genus Ascaphus that lives in cold fast streams of the west. Perhaps this critter is one reason that leech flies work in some trout streams.