WATERS OF LIFE
LIFE UNDERWATER
- VEGETATION
- PLANKTON
- BENTHOS
- FISH
- AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES - NUTRITION
Marsh in Lavallière Bay
Wetlands provide abundant food for reptiles and amphibians. Frogs eat large amounts of insects, insect larvae and other invertebrates. Snapping Turtles and Painted Turtles eat aquatic plants, invertebrates, fish and amphibians, which are all abundant in wetlands.
Bullfrog
Some larger amphibians prey on small frogs, crayfish or small snakes. Bullfrogs have even been known to eat small birds!
The Pied-Billed Grebe eats aquatic insects, fish and frogs.
Young Snapping Turtle
Young turtles are often preyed upon by bullfrogs, herons and bitterns.
American Bittern
The American Bittern is awaiting the passage of prey in a marsh.
Raccoons also sometimes add frogs and turtles to their diet.
