Caption

Two natterjack toads (Bufo calamita) mating in the water surrounded by plants, the female dragging a long spawning string behind her and attaching her eggs to aquatic plants, Dümmer nature park Park, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date

Jun 05, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/C.Kosanetzky

Reference

BRK26D34_455

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

89.1Mb (6.9Mb) / 22.8in x 15.2in / 6836 x 4557 (300dpi)

Keywords

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