Some Spanish ‘phibians
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January 7, 2014 at 4:58 pm #303102
Here are some photos of critters from the Lakes of Covadonga in Asturias, northern Spain, which were actually taken in August 2012 but I’d completely forgotten about them!
Ichthyosaura alpestris (cyreni) – terrestrial phase
Alytes obstetricans
Lissotriton helveticus (helveticus)
Habitats
January 7, 2014 at 6:55 pm #352535Very nice! No Triturus pygmaeus or marmoratus there? Or are they located more in southern spain?
January 7, 2014 at 10:06 pm #352543Think this might have been too high for T. marmoratus (?); the lakes are at more than 1100 metres above sea level) but it does occur at lower altitudes in Asturias. We do have that species here in Catalunya as well butT. pygmaeus is strictly a southern species. When you come to take your Cobitis we can go to see T. marmoratus, Salamandra and stuff if you like.
January 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm #352549When you come to take your Cobitis
I must warn you, I want “river Tormes paludica” as well
, sadly this river is very far away from barca
January 9, 2014 at 11:35 pm #352552Nice pictures. Looks like a lovely place! Thought the name helveticus was a bit funny at first, but after I googled it it made more sense (the Swedish word helvete means hell).
January 11, 2014 at 4:02 pm #352555Thomas, we passed that river on our way to these mountains! If only I’d known…
It is a wonderful place Gustav – the only way up is by a pretty scary bus ride but apart from that it’s all good.
February 22, 2014 at 11:58 am #352823Some pics taken last night in the comarca of Alt Empordà, around the Spanish/French border. A slightly disappointing evening as most places were very dry.
Triturus marmoratus – nuptial male.
Discoglossus pictus (auritus)
February 22, 2014 at 3:00 pm #352826Cool! Did you go there just to check out the amphibians or are there fishy reasons to go there as well?
February 23, 2014 at 8:17 pm #352830Cool Matt, I’m not a big fan of the crested newt group, but I like the marmoratus and pygmaeus.
March 3, 2014 at 2:53 pm #352848I was helping a classmate collect Discoglossus for a project investigating its range expansion in Spain – it’s invasive here. Unfortunately it was so dry we only saw the one specimen. Good excuse to go back in a few weeks.
March 4, 2014 at 11:34 pm #352855Visited Barcelona zoo’s Calotriton arnoldi breeding project today.
This is the Montseny brook newt and is probably the most endangered amphibian in Europe. Pic quality not great – through two panes of glass and not much light.
December 10, 2014 at 7:46 pm #353811Another spanish ‘phib, the iberian ribbed newt
Have you ever caught or seen them in the wild?January 2, 2015 at 10:47 am #353944No, but it’s one of my missions this spring!
January 3, 2015 at 5:46 pm #353850Not my newt, only a guest
January 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm #354006Handsome chap.
First try to look for this species in two weeks. Hope to find T. pygmaeus and some other stuff, too.
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