Cascades frog and frog eggs

These little guys are another species only found in a small area of the Pacific NW. They live between around 2,000 and 8,000 feet in the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington, Oregon and California. Due to climate change and a shrinking habitat, they are a candidate for listing as an endangered species, but in Washington populations are said to be stable. These particular frogs were probably just getting out of hibernation and mating season was in full swing. Indeed that is snow. they were coming out to the open part of the pool to mate and lay eggs, but most of the frogs were hiding under the ledge of snow at the edges of the small pond.