Trip to Guadarrama mountains II ( Central Spain )

[rubén]

Plump female of T. alpestris cyreni in the wild

Peñalara lakes, where breeds Salamandra s. almanzoris, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita, Alytes obstetricans, Rana iberica and Rana perezi.

 

[joan]

Man, I need to get over to Europe more! That's absolutely awesome, Ruben.

 

[jennifer]

Those orange bellies are vibrant! Thanks, Ruben.

 

[william]

wow those alpestris are amazing, they look a lot like my own, apart frog the red doesn't extent onto the tail, and mine are orange/yellow.

 

[rubén]

Those alpestris are robust, small and dark, with red bellies often, but the most obvious difference could be the spotted throats. Regarding morphology I would compare it with the serdarus/montenegrinus group ( maybe ¿¿?? ).

One thing is clear, are completely different from other lower populations.

 

[william]

IMO they are the most beautiful alpestris i've seen!

 

[pin-pin]

The landscape looks about as amazing as the animals!

/me marks Europe down on her travel destinations after she returns from China and Japan.