Stay-at-home Dad

Common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) - Zuid Limburg, the Netherlands

A second shot of this awesome sighting of this special, little toad. Beautiful in it's simplicity. Not too much fancy colors, just grey, a few dots of red and those perfect golden eyes. We were real lucky to see this male in it's textbook (or well, fieldguide) picture perfect pose with eggs. The species is having a rough time, but quite a bit of effort is put into projects to protect the toad and its disappearing natural habitat. Hopefully it is enough.

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