Hello,
The last week-end I went with my mife and a friend in northern Italy, near Genua.
We had two main targets : Salamandrina perspicillata and Rana italica.
First, in a small cave, near a litle stream.
A lot off Rana italica, with one Speleomantes strinatii :
Some small crickets of the subfamily Gryllomorphinae, probably the endemic species Discoptila clauseri :
And a little bat (Do you know what bat it is ?) :
After this cave we went to a Salamandrina site and we were very succesful.
Behind a little stone on a leafy forest floor I found a little Speleomantes. And when I reached down for taking pictures of it I saw three little Salamandrina in a small crevice of a big rock :
On the way back (a litle forest road) we found a common toad (Bufo spinosus I think) and sadly, a dead Salamandra salamandra terrestris :
Apart from the poor Salamandra we have been verry lucky, especially for the Salamandrina. I think that the warm temperatures and the rain play in our favour.
Without the help of some people from the forum, I think that we would surely not have this luck ! So, thanks guys
I hope that I had not posted too much pictures !
Robin