Hi, I'm William from Lisboa, Portugal. I'm an Osteopath, very much interested in all aspects of nature and wildlife.
I have a new found interest in anphibians. My jaccuzi had been colonized by a couple of Hylas (wasn't sure then if Hyla meridionalis or hyla arborea) for some years, but the last time I went there I found over 10 hylas (both meridionalis and arborea), one dead salamander and 3 larval salamanders... too many for the jaccuzi, and probably not the best for them either!!
At 1st I thought of releasing them in a nearby pond (the adjacent properties are all subject to chemical treatments so wasn't a good idea and was probably what they were trying to escape from), but the pond wasn't looking good either so brought them home to investigate where to release them. And found out that its nowadays dangerous to release and spread anphibian creatures due to the danger of spreading deadly fungus, so ended up with a few hyla arborea, hyla meridionalis and 3 larval salamanders (think that salamandra salamandra gallaica) which are now nurtured by me, apparently healthy and happy.
Realizing how endangered some anphibians are, decided to go back to unviversirty to study biology, in order to give my nature observing hobby a scientific boost.
W
I have a new found interest in anphibians. My jaccuzi had been colonized by a couple of Hylas (wasn't sure then if Hyla meridionalis or hyla arborea) for some years, but the last time I went there I found over 10 hylas (both meridionalis and arborea), one dead salamander and 3 larval salamanders... too many for the jaccuzi, and probably not the best for them either!!
At 1st I thought of releasing them in a nearby pond (the adjacent properties are all subject to chemical treatments so wasn't a good idea and was probably what they were trying to escape from), but the pond wasn't looking good either so brought them home to investigate where to release them. And found out that its nowadays dangerous to release and spread anphibian creatures due to the danger of spreading deadly fungus, so ended up with a few hyla arborea, hyla meridionalis and 3 larval salamanders (think that salamandra salamandra gallaica) which are now nurtured by me, apparently healthy and happy.
Realizing how endangered some anphibians are, decided to go back to unviversirty to study biology, in order to give my nature observing hobby a scientific boost.
W