Finally, I've got it :)

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Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Mon May 15, 2017 8:24 pm

For the last 3 years I've been looking for Pelobates vespertinus, but without any success. This spring I've found it in my garden :) I've digged it out when preparing flower beds.

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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Bobby Bok » Mon May 15, 2017 8:31 pm

What an amazing way to find a new species! If it only would be that easy all the time... ;) But your Pelobates should be Pelobates vespertinus.
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Mon May 15, 2017 8:49 pm

Bobby Bok wrote:What an amazing way to find a new species! If it only would be that easy all the time... ;) But your Pelobates should be Pelobates vespertinus.


Thanks :)

As far as I know, vespertinus is a subspecies of P. fuscus. In the book 'Amphibians and reptiles of the Province of Saratov' it is described as P. fuscus. If you have any PDFs about latest news in Pelobates taxonomy, please, share them with me!
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Mon May 15, 2017 10:34 pm

Go to the start page of this forum, follow the link to Mario's Amphibians and Reptiles Database, and browse the linked literature. See Litvinchuk et al. 2013.
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Tom Hoogesteger » Mon May 15, 2017 11:13 pm

What an awesome find, congratulations! :D
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Tue May 16, 2017 6:21 am

Tom Hoogesteger wrote:What an awesome find, congratulations! :D


Thanks :)
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Tue May 16, 2017 6:22 am

Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Go to the start page of this forum, follow the link to Mario's Amphibians and Reptiles Database, and browse the linked literature. See Litvinchuk et al. 2013.


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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Tue May 16, 2017 6:06 pm

I have updated my post. Thanks a lot, guys, for your help in identifying this frog :)
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Ilian Velikov » Tue May 16, 2017 7:37 pm

Nice! I wish I could dig up Pelobates like that.
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Re: Finally, I've got it :)

Postby Evgeny Kotelevsky » Tue May 16, 2017 7:42 pm

Ilian Velikov wrote:Nice! I wish I could dig up Pelobates like that.


Gardening is a key to find it ;)
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