Herpetiles - Amphibians - frogs and toads

Herpetiles, or the Amphibian and Reptile group of animals comprise snakes, newts and lizards.

Marsh frog     Pelophylax (Rana) ridibundis

Introduced into Kent in 1935 and has since adapted very well.  This photography suspect was found in a gloomy pond.

Marsh Frog 01 (crop)

Marsh Frog 02

Marsh Frog 02

Marsh Frog 02

Common frog     Rana temporaria

Forest of Dean, UK, March.  I've never seen so many frogs...several hundred, all full of character and well worth a photograph.

Common Frog 18  crop

Common Frog 04

Common Frog 20

Common Frog 1 (S)

Common toad     Bufo bufo

Common toads are often hated, maybe due to their nocturnal habits, warts and associations with witches and nursery rhymes - such is the power of early conditioning in us!  I find them comical.

Toads mating 08

Toads mating 08

Photograph to show a common toad swimming.....and then relax....

Toads mating 08

Toad 06

Yellow-bellied toad     Bombina variegata

Yellow bellied toads are alien species introduced by herpetile fans and now breeding in parts of the UK, notably in Totnes in Devon.

Usually confined to garden ponds as in the below photograph.

Yellow-bellied Toad 01

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