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Stappitzsee, June 1990
lake Stappitz, Carinthia, Austria
in 1990 we have been asked by the local gouverment to have a look on the Amphibians and Reptiles in this particular area. It should become a nature reserve - and furtunately it is one today.

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To know, on what we are talking about: map from Salzburg/Carinthia in Austria
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The Stappitz lake is close to the village Mallnitz
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surroundings of the lake
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surroundings of the lake
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surroundings of the lake
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surroundings of the lake
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surroundings of the lake
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an ant-hill near the lake
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the lake - view to the east
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the lake - view to the east
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the lake - view to the east
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the lake - view to the east. the "grass" you are seeing is Equisetum fluviatile = E. limosum
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the lake - view to the west
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the lake - view to the north
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the lake - view to the north
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the lake - view to the northwest
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in the shallow water at the eastern end, there are trees growing in the water
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in the shallow water at the eastern end, there are trees growing in the water
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Rana temporaria beside the lake
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the same individual
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and again ......................
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another Rana temporaria
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.................... and from another view
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submerse vegetation
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in the eastern part the lake is a little bit swampy - Caltha palustris
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Caltha palustris
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in the shallow water at the eastern end, there are trees growing in the water
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in the shallow water at the eastern end, there are trees growing in the water
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wet meadows with Caltha palustris
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forest at the edge of the lake
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forest at the edge of the lake
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Bufo bufo bufo
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bufo bufo bufo

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