Around Easter last month I visited northern Italy together with my girlfriend. Of course I had not randomly chosen for this region… It is the only…
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Autumn has arrived and forest floors are covered with thousands of leaves in a wide variety of colors. Most amphibians in Western Europe are now searching…
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Past spring we found a special Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) during fieldwork. It is an adult male, but has a very short body, while its head,…
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To have the focus entirely on the animals, I started a project to photograph them with a white background. First subjects were some salamanders and…
View More SimplicityPyrenean endemics
There are two endemic amphibian species in the Pyrenees: the Pyrenean frog (Rana pyrenaica) and the Pyrenean brook salamander (Calotriton asper). Both of them are only…
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The Golden-striped Salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is without doubt one of Europe’s most amazing salamander species. It has a slender body and huge tail which can…
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