Animals

Diversity

While I was photographing the shad and mosquitofish, a even tinier gulf coast toad tadpole photobombed my shot. Who knew there could be so much diversity in a tiny drainage ditch puddle?
Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma petenense)
Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
Gulf Coast Toad Tadpole (Incilius nebulifer)

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