This radio tagged Oregon spotted frog was photographed at Upper Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Radio telemetry tagging allows researchers to monitor the movements and distributions of species like frogs that are cryptic and often difficult to spot in the wild.
Brome McCreary
I am a member of the Adams Herpetological Research Team where I primarily hire, train, and supervise the lab’s seasonal field crew. I also lead the writing of our research Standard Operating Procedure sampling protocols.
I spent my childhood exploring and engrossed in the woods, streams and meadows on and around the small mountain farm where I grew up. My interest in amphibians began early, catching Coastal Giant Salamander larvae in our small stream and hatching Pacific Treefrog egg masses in mayonnaise jars on my bedroom windowsill, raising them to juvenile frogs and releasing them. This fostered a profound appreciation for the complexity and beauty of the natural world that quickly grew into a desire for life-long study. I am passionate about doing work and living a life that contributes to our understanding of the ecological systems around us.
My professional goals are to facilitate the precise, accurate and repeatable collection of data in the field during the completion of our scientific research while ensuring our lab personnel’s safety as they conduct field research in an often-unpredictable outdoor environment.
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Herpetological Research Team (FRESC)
The Herpetological Research Team focuses on issues related to conservation and management of amphibians and other aquatic and semi-aquatic species. Among our current studies are effects of invasive species, disease, and land use change on the dynamics of amphibian communities to inform conservation and management decision making.
Oregon spotted frog tagged with a radio transmitter
This radio tagged Oregon spotted frog was photographed at Upper Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Radio telemetry tagging allows researchers to monitor the movements and distributions of species like frogs that are cryptic and often difficult to spot in the wild.
Rough-Skinned Newt
A female rough-skinned newt on a trail near Woodpecker Pond, Finley National Wildlife Refuge, OR.
A female rough-skinned newt on a trail near Woodpecker Pond, Finley National Wildlife Refuge, OR.
Anerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon spotted frog
Anerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon Spotted frog from Dilman Meadows, SW of Bend, Oregon. An anerytherisitic organism has inherited a recessive mutation where they lack red, yellow, and orange pigments. These organisms are usually black, grey, and brown in color.
Anerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon Spotted frog from Dilman Meadows, SW of Bend, Oregon. An anerytherisitic organism has inherited a recessive mutation where they lack red, yellow, and orange pigments. These organisms are usually black, grey, and brown in color.
Rough skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, OR
Rough-skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, OR. Rough-skinned newts produce a powerful neurotoxin as a defense against predators.
Rough-skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, OR. Rough-skinned newts produce a powerful neurotoxin as a defense against predators.
Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR
Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR
Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR
Adult Oregon spotted frog
Adult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR
Adult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR
Columbia Spotted Frog in the Blue Mountains of Oregon
Adult Columbia spotted frog photographed in Greenhorn pond in the Blue Mountains of Oregon
Adult Columbia spotted frog photographed in Greenhorn pond in the Blue Mountains of Oregon
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Herpetological Research Team (FRESC)
The Herpetological Research Team focuses on issues related to conservation and management of amphibians and other aquatic and semi-aquatic species. Among our current studies are effects of invasive species, disease, and land use change on the dynamics of amphibian communities to inform conservation and management decision making. - Data
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Oregon spotted frog tagged with a radio transmitter
This radio tagged Oregon spotted frog was photographed at Upper Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Radio telemetry tagging allows researchers to monitor the movements and distributions of species like frogs that are cryptic and often difficult to spot in the wild.
This radio tagged Oregon spotted frog was photographed at Upper Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Radio telemetry tagging allows researchers to monitor the movements and distributions of species like frogs that are cryptic and often difficult to spot in the wild.
Rough-Skinned NewtA female rough-skinned newt on a trail near Woodpecker Pond, Finley National Wildlife Refuge, OR.
A female rough-skinned newt on a trail near Woodpecker Pond, Finley National Wildlife Refuge, OR.
Anerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon spotted frogAnerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon Spotted frog from Dilman Meadows, SW of Bend, Oregon. An anerytherisitic organism has inherited a recessive mutation where they lack red, yellow, and orange pigments. These organisms are usually black, grey, and brown in color.
Anerytherisitic sub-adult Oregon Spotted frog from Dilman Meadows, SW of Bend, Oregon. An anerytherisitic organism has inherited a recessive mutation where they lack red, yellow, and orange pigments. These organisms are usually black, grey, and brown in color.
Rough skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, ORRough-skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, OR. Rough-skinned newts produce a powerful neurotoxin as a defense against predators.
Rough-skinned newt in defensive posture, EPA ponds, Corvallis, OR. Rough-skinned newts produce a powerful neurotoxin as a defense against predators.
Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, ORCoastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR
Coastal tailed frog male dorsal side, Brush Crk, OR
Adult Oregon spotted frogAdult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR
Adult Oregon spotted frog at Dilman Meadows, near Wickiup Reservoir, OR
Columbia Spotted Frog in the Blue Mountains of OregonAdult Columbia spotted frog photographed in Greenhorn pond in the Blue Mountains of Oregon
Adult Columbia spotted frog photographed in Greenhorn pond in the Blue Mountains of Oregon
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