Though I´m anything but an amphibian-expert I have encountered so many fascinating species and individuals on travels, in zoos and at home, that it makes me extremely sad to see that they´re disappearing at frightening speed.(The reasons being rather interesting, from a scientific point of view).
I took the above picture of the famous red-eyed treefrog during a night in "the swamp" at the biological Staion "La Selva" in Costa Rica.
Nowadays I sometimes catch frogs between the flower-pots in the greenhouses and try to relocate them to better places - life changes but some patterns remain :).
(I even caught a newt the other day, my highlight of the week)
Click here if you´re interested in Frogs :
And once again I realize that this world appears tob be rather small : the photo on the linked site was taken by Richard Gibson. Who was my boss while I worked at the herpetology department in Jersey Zoo/the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust...
An interesting site for the german-speakers: http://www.kaulquappe.de/
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