Amphibians

  • Foto © Thomas Stephan
  • The Upper Rhine is one of the major distribution areas of the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) in Baden-Württemberg. It occurs all over the area, but is nowhere abundant. The litte “water dragon” lives e.g. in a small oxbow lake in the Gewann Spich close to Steinmauern. Read more
  • The Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) lays ist eggs into small and occasionally dry water bodies, e.g. into water-logged tractor trails, puddles and small ditches in the floodplain. You find it in the riparain forests of the Rhine floodplain and in other wet forests, e.g. in the swamp forest close to Steinmauern. Read moreFoto © Michael Waitzmann