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…
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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 toadsMocha 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 FrogsCane toad
The Cane toad (Rhinella marina, previously Bufo marinus) is a large toad species native to Central and South America. It is however best known as…
View More Cane toadMacedonia
From the end of July to the beginning of August, I was in Macedonia with friends of the JNM and Eco-Logic. Together with some friends I…
View More MacedoniaPyrenean 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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