Some "Triturus" shots

[paul]

Last week I found this vulgaris female in my garden:

This was the inspiration for me to visit my favourite pond, in Ratingen, North Rhine Westphalia to take some Triturus shots. Here an older picture of the pond:

I found this light coloured alpestris female:

The belly:

Made a shot of this vulgaris male:

The belly:

And a helveticus male.
Look at the hind leg:

Hello :

On the moss:

The belly:

But look here, what a prominent tail filament an other T. vulgaris vulgaris had:

And it’s belly:

Paul

 

[ralf]

Nice shots, Paul. Remind me of the early years of my obsession.

 

[pamela]

Wonderful pictures! Like the webbed foot on the male. These newts are fabulous, esp in breeding dress. Thanks.

 

[william]

by far my favourite group of caudates! some excellent shots there!

 

[paul]

Some years ago I also found larvae of Triturus cristatus. So this week I visited the pond again in the dusk:

But did not find any cristatus. So I made some shots of this helveticus female:

The belly:

Hello guys:

Also a lot of Salamandra salamandra terrestris larvae in this pond:

And I found this larva of a dragonfly; Aeshna cyanea I think - is here an expert? I think this larvae will eat a lot of the Urodela larvae.

Paul

 

[ingo]

Hi Paul,

great shots as usual

 

[paul]

More luck this evening!

So I found my cristatus:

The belly:

Ups:

Paul