California Newt (Taricha torosa) trying to cross Alma Bridge Rd, Los Gatos, CA. We have documented 5,000 roadkill newts every year for the past 3 years on this 4 mile road.
Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) crossing the road. In the past few years we documented 3 different species of squirrels dead on Alma Bridge Rd, Los Gatos, CA
This photograph sums up many things; First of all, to say that it is part of my work as a road ecologist, in an inspection of a highway when I looked into a culvert I found this scenario that caught my attention, many times in nature we find important life lessons. They see that the dry space is limited, therefore it must be shared, it does not matter that we are not the same, with the naked eye we see frogs or toads, in reality there are two different species, one of frog and another of toad (biologist's comment 🤓 ).