The adult common frogs and toads (Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo respecitively) are already back in their land habitat for a while, but they have…
View More TadpolesChile Mountains False Toad
The Chile Mountains False Toad (Telmatobufo venustus) is a remarkable animal. Not only is it spectacularly colored, but it has a quite interesting life history…
View More Chile Mountains False Toadunderwater springtime
I have compiled a short movie of some fragments shot during the past underwater sessions. I’m not really into movie making, but sometimes it is…
View More underwater springtimeDarwin’s Frog
From Bell, T. and Darwin, C.R. (1843) Reptiles Part 5 No. 2 of The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Smith Elder and Co, London:
View More Darwin’s Frogunderwater II
During a sunny day at the end of March, one can usually observe thousands of tadpoles in the shallow waters inhabited by amphibians, but this…
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Yesterday I went underwater for the first time. The weather had been good for some days and on several locations the amphibians had started their…
View More underwater toadsNewt chemical communication
When Spring arrives and newts migrate to their ponds, they prepare themselves to reproduce. Especially males grow large crests and undergo a dramatic color change.…
View More Newt chemical communicationMocha Island
About 40 km off the coast at the height of Tirua, the forest covered hills of Mocha Island rise up from the Pacific. When arriving…
View More Mocha IslandGround Frogs
Among the frogs of Chile, the genus Eupsophus (ground frogs) is one of the most species rich groups. All species have a typical anuran body…
View More Ground FrogsFire Salamander
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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