Field work near my town

[Delivor]

So near my town where I live in Zagreb-Croatia I came accros this small opening in the middel of a forest. It turns out that this was created during a land slip when a near by factory was diging up clay making treees unable to grow in the soil. During spring when rains fall small puddels and lakes from here making a haven for all sorts of amphibians and the best part is that this is located only 4 bus stops away from a 1 million people city

What I found were europian tree frogs (Hyla aborea)

Common toads (Bufo bufo)

Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

Slowworms (Anguis fragilis)

European pond turtels (Emys orbicularis)

Grass snakes (Natrx Natrx)

Its really amazing to me to see a breeding population of these animals so near a city. I would have never hoped for this

Here are some pics:

[Mentat]

Awesome pics and story ! The toad's name must be Popeyes... what a forearm he has ! The tree frogs are super cute and that salamander is looking for me to adopt her !

[Delivor]

Awesome pics and story ! The toad's name must be Popeyes... what a forearm he has ! The tree frogs are super cute and that salamander is looking for me to adopt her !

Haha, I think that fire salamanders can be found for sale in the us. In Europe they are protected so I dont think anyone is keeping them.

[dbizal]

Oh my that Toad's forearm haha... Battletoads! Or he just hasn't found the right woman yet... haha.

[Delivor]

Its just how it turned out in the pic. His armes arent that big normaly lol.

[flybyferns]

This is a great thread, Delivor
Thank You

[Gorgonopsia]

Very nice!!