My finds of March and April 2012 (pics added)

[Sandra Panienka]

I've been a bit lazy online lately, but I wanted to share some pics from last month and this month. For some reason I cannot get the browser to show the March pics. I assume this board doesn't support "ä" in the img-link? So I'm only going to show the pics from this month, until I get the names of the other pics fixed. Everything was found in the near surroundings.


Ichthyosaura alpestris








I really like this female Alpine Newt without that marbled pattern. I know there is one really weird looking dark male in that pond, too and I really hope that I can catch a picture of him soon.




Lissotriton vulgaris
That female was snacking some R. temporaria tadpoles and mosquito larvae.




Bufo bufo






Bufo calamita












Bufo viridis








Bombina variegata








Rana temporaria
Many tads and heaps of mosquito larvae.




Rana dalmatina






Anguis fragilis





Podarcis muralis


Could this be a P.m. maculiventris male?




Lacerta agilis



This is a little video mainly featuring some scenes of Ichthyosaura alpestris and Bufo bufo that I managed to take during a couple of smaller trips and while helping to carry toads across the streets during the migrations in March.

:O)


Finally:
March 2012

Ichthyosaura alpestris






























Salamandra salamandra terrestris










Rana temporaria






















Bufo bufo


































Lissotriton helveticus






Bombina variegata



Hyla arborea




Podarcis muralis brogniardii
















Anguis fragilis













Lacerta agilis

[Laura Bok]

So you were lazy?! I guess you refer to your posting-frequency here, because with regard to your herping activities you seem to have been quite busy instead!

All the photos are great, but I especially like the ones of Bombina variegata. The lighting and colors are great - they are wildlife documentaries AND very artful indeed .

[Liam Russell]

Great! Beautiful post, thank you

[Niklas Ban]

The muralis pictures are very cool!

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Very cool!! Can not say wich one the best pic is, they are all great!

The muralis is a male.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Good stuff!

[Sandra Panienka]

Thank @ all!

So you were lazy?! I guess you refer to your posting-frequency here, because with regard to your herping activities you seem to have been quite busy instead!

Yes, I'm rather lazy lately when it comes to write posts. I hope I can change that. However, when it comes to herping, it seems I can't stop. I even dream about going herping, but usually I forget to bring my camera or don't remember how it works. And I've found stunning looking Triturus cristatus or Rana temporaria in my dreams. Please, don't profile me. *g*

The muralis is a male.

Oh, I misformulated my question. I know it's a male, I would love to know if it could be a maculiventris.

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Oh, I misformulated my question. I know it's a male, I would love to know if it could be a maculiventris.

Yes, sure it could be, but brongniardii is also possible

[Sandra Panienka]

Thanks Jürgen, so it's not so easy to identify from the picture.

And I finally managed to add the pictures from March.

[Kristian Munkholm]

This was nice even before you added the March pictures but now you've just about made me want to move... to Germany no less - and for common widespread amphibians

Well done