A not succesful summer trip ( II part )

[rubén]

 

[rubén]

The species were: Rana iberica, Lacerta schreiberi ( young ), Psammodromus algirus, Natrix maura and Rana perezi, Elaphe scalaris ( death )

In the ponds ( completely dry in september ) breeds Pleurodeles waltl, Lissotriton boscai, Triturus pygmaeus and Salamandra s. bejarae.

 

[sergé]

Nice pictures, did you save the frog or did you let nature do it's work and photograph the whole part? I would like to see how a Natrix maura finishes when starting at the back end of a Rana perezi....

 

[daniel]

Poor rhinechis

Nice salamander from xaouen

Daniel

 

[rubén]

I let nature do his work, but when I approached to the natrix maura, she tried to escape.

And then I thought

I'm contributing to overpopulation of common frogs? when it was the last lunch of the natrix?

 

[sergé]

I had the same experience once ion the Coto donana. There I heard a Pelobates cultripes screaming (yes!) and I found it while a Natrix maura was trying to eat it by the hind legs. But because I disturbed her she let go of the Pelobates. And I was of course too late to make a pciture..I only have a nice picture of them along side of each other pretending like nothing happened ;-)

 

[mark]

I would think that it was hard for that snake. I would think the frog would jump around a lot, and kick down the snakes throat, but i suppose the snake knows what it doing.