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by **Jose Alburquerque Ruiz** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:56 am

Hi to everybody!

I'm really new in this amazing world called "herping", but I'm very proud to be here.
I'm from Spain, but I'm living right now in Munich. As you can imagine, I don't know the area very well...

Can somebody recommend me a place near Munich where I can go with my camera and see some nice animals?

I've been walking near the river Isar, but I only have found one "Rana temporaria" once. I know that the river is not the best place
to search for...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josealbur/ ... /lightbox/
Please help me!

Thak you very much!

by **Jose Alburquerque Ruiz** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:15 pm

Hi!

Yesterday was a sunny day here in Munich, so I decided to take a walk with my camera...

I didn't found much, but something is more than anything.
Lacerta agilis, young

Lacerta agilis

Rana temporaria/arvalis/dalmatina???

Rana temporaria/arvalis/dalmatina??? (detail)

p.s.: maybe you can help me identificating the frog...

by **Ilian Velikov** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:22 pm

Looks like dalmatina to me!

by **Gabriel Martínez** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:34 pm

Congrats Jose!I specially love agilis! So rare in Spain

I´m not expert in frogs, but I think temporaria hasn´t legs as big as dalmatina so this is not a temporaria for me...

Cheers

Gabri

by **Mario Schweiger** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:27 pm

Rana dalmatina for sure!

by **Jose Alburquerque Ruiz** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:11 pm

Mario could you please give me some explanation? Why are you so sure? Please!

Thanks Gabri!!

by **Mario Schweiger** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:06 am

The snout is long and pointed.
In Rana temporaria there is a pronounced bent between the eye and the tip of the snout.
Tympanun nearly same size as eye (in R. temporaria max. 3/4 of eye diameter).
Rana arvalis:
The moorfrog has a pronounced dark marbled area between flanks and belly.
And it doesnt occur around Munich!
See distribution map of Rana arvalis in Bavaria:

RanaArvalisBavaria.PDF: (69.31 KiB) Downloaded 256 times

Mario

by **Jose Alburquerque Ruiz** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:21 am

Thank you very much Mario!

Maybe you can help also with this one...

by **Jeroen Speybroeck** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:53 am

That's temporaria, I'd say.

by **Mario Schweiger** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:09 pm

You are soooo right, Jeroen

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