Caption

Two mating Common toads (Bufo Bufo), male, female animal, pair in amplexus on moss in front of spawning water, eye of the male obscured by a plant lattice, Common duckweed (Lemna minor), spring migration, amphibian migration, toad migration, species protection, animal welfare, mating, behaviour, concept for 'love makes blind', blindness, Bockelsberger Teiche, Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 17, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24C97_380

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

28,6Mb (875,4Kb) / 14,5in x 7,6in / 4357 x 2294 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Amphibia Amphibian Amphibian Migration Amphibians Amplexi Amplexus Anura Araceae Aroid Aroids Bufo Bufo bufo Bufonidae Central Europe Common duckweed Common duckweeds Common toad Common toads Concept image Duckweed Duckweeds Environmental friendly Europe Europe's European toad FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Lemna Lemna minor Lesser duckweed Lower Saxony Lueneburg Lueneburg Middle Europe No People Republic of Germany Symbol image Symbol photo 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 aquatic macrophyte aquatic plant aquatic plants batrachian batrachians behavior behaviour blind blindness blindnesses body of water concept concepts 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 eye eyes fauna female female animal female animals females habitat hydrophyte hydrophytic plant laying eggs loving 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 nature no one nobody old animal open air overgrown with moss oviposition pair pair of animals pairing perform the courtship display plant plants reproduction reproductions rutting season sexual intercourse social behavior social behaviour social behaviours spawning species conservation species protection symbolic symbolic image symbolic picture symbolic pictures toad crossing toad crossings toad migration two uninhabited water plant wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo North Germany Northern Germany affection courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour imponation imprinting love overawing spawn spawning water spawning waters spawns water waterfront waters