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Rana temporaria

Aberrant colour variant called black-eyed due to the absence of iridophores in iris. Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Aberrant colour variant called black-eyed due to the absence of iridophores in iris. Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Aberrant colour variant called piebald. Erlau, Bavaria, Germany.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Calling male. Hornbæk, North Zealand, Denmark.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Female nuptial colouration before egg deposition in spring. Køge, East Zealand, Denmark.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Female nuptial colouration before egg deposition in spring. Køge, East Zealand, Denmark.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Male with blue pigmented vocal sac during the breeding season amplecting a Pelophylax esculentus. Bidstrup-skovene, Central Zealand, Denmark.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Køge, East Zealand, Denmark.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe
Rana temporaria

Pian del Re, Piemonte, Italy.

Photographer:
Henrik Bringsøe