Caption

Two mating Common toads (Bufo Bufo), male, female animal, almost black pair in amplexus on moss with fruit stands on long stems, spawning water in the background, spring migration, amphibian migration, toad migration, species protection, animal welfare, mating, behaviour, Bockelsberger Teiche, Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 17, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24C80_480

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

71,1Mb (2,6Mb) / 16,9in x 16,4in / 5057 x 4912 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Amphibia Amphibian Amphibian Migration Amphibians Amplexi Amplexus Anura Bufo bufo Bufonidae Central Europe Common toad Common toads Environmental friendly Europe Europe's European toad FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Lower Saxony Lueneburg Lueneburg Middle Europe No People Republic of Germany Toad True toad True toads Two Animal Two Animals Wildlife adult adult animal adult animals adult male animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal couple animal pair animal pairs animal protection animal rights animal welfare animals animals in the wild batrachian batrachians behavior behaviour black body of water copula copulate copulation couple couples court courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping covered with moss deserted display displaying eco-friendly ecofriendly egg egg deposition egg depositions egg laying eggs empty environment environment protection environmental protection environmentally friendly faded fauna female female animal female animals females fruit cluster fruit stalk fruit stand fruiting habitat infructescence infructescences laying eggs long maiting pair male male animal male animals males mate mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time matings mature matures moss moss covered moss-covered moss-grown mosses mossy natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody old animal overgrown with moss oviposition pair pair of animals pairing perform the courtship display reproduction reproductions rutting season seed seed head seed heads seed stand seeds sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spawning species conservation species protection stem stems stick toad crossing toad crossings toad migration two uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography withered woo North Germany Northern Germany courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour imponation imprinting overawing spawn spawning water spawning waters spawns water waterfront waters