last weekend I´ve been at a Symposion in Litschau, northernmost Lower Austria.
Just a few miles from there, one of the two populations of Bufo calamita is living in our country.
Weather has been cold and rainy.
This population lives just a few meters (bee-line 360 m) from the Czech border. The second population is in northern Tyrol.
Here are a few pics from this sand pit.
Unfortunately we found only youngsters from this year. The last have been just on their way out of the water.
- sand pit. in this deeper pond, Bufo bufo, Rana dalmatina and Lissotriton vulgaris are breeding
- subadult Rana dalmatina
- Lissotriton vulgaris from this year
- best camouflage
- Bufo calamita is breeding in these shallow ditches. egg depositing over a "long" period during late spring to summer
- one of the last stragglers
- one of the oldiest youngsters
Enjoy,
Mario
