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Hotspots - Caucase (71) Images supplémentaires...
The Caucasus hotspot's diverse range of habitats - high mountains, deserts, savannas and forests - contain a large number of endemic plant species, including 3 relict rhododendrons. It is also home to the highly threatened Caucasian tur, the endemic Caucasian snowcock, and 20 endemic reptile species.
Dykh-Tau summit, main ridge in Bezengi region, Kabardino-Balkaria, main ridge of Central Caucasus Mountains, Russia, October 2013.
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Dr. Axel Gebauer / Dykh-Tau summit, main ridge in Bezengi region, Kabardino-Balkaria, main ridge of Central Caucasus Mountains, Russia, October 2013.
Klukhor lake on the passage to Abkhazia, with alpine flowers in the foreground, Teberdinsky Nature Preserve, Karachayevo Cherkessiya, Western Caucasus, Russia, July 2006
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Konstantin Mikhailov / Klukhor lake on the passage to Abkhazia, with alpine flowers in the foreground, Teberdinsky Nature Preserve, Karachayevo Cherkessiya, Western Caucasus, Russia, July 2006
Caucasian Brown frog (Rana macrocnemis / holtzi) in habitat, high Pontus mountains. Turkey. October 2007.
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Bert Willaert / Caucasian Brown frog (Rana macrocnemis / holtzi) in habitat, high Pontus mountains. Turkey. October 2007.
Caucasian / Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) in Caucasian highlands, the Western Caucasus, Teberdinsky Nature Preserve, Russia
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Konstantin Mikhailov / Caucasian / Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) in Caucasian highlands, the Western Caucasus, Teberdinsky Nature Preserve, Russia
West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) Female, Highlands of West Caucasus Mountains in the Bezengi area, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kabardino-Balkarsky State Nature Reserve, Russia.
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Konstantin Mikhailov / West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) Female, Highlands of West Caucasus Mountains in the Bezengi area, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kabardino-Balkarsky State Nature Reserve, Russia.
Dombai-Ulgen peak with Rhododendron luteum plant, Teberdinskii reserve, NW Caucasus, Russia.
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Konstantin Mikhailov / Dombai-Ulgen peak with Rhododendron luteum plant, Teberdinskii reserve, NW Caucasus, Russia.
Caucasian rhododendron (Rhododendron caucasium) flowers with Mount Elbrus in the distance, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Caucasian rhododendron (Rhododendron caucasium) flowers with Mount Elbrus in the distance, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008
Juvenile male Caucasus viper (Daboia raddei / Vipera kaznakovi), Georgia, September.
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Bert Willaert / Juvenile male Caucasus viper (Daboia raddei / Vipera kaznakovi), Georgia, September.
West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) close up portrait, Abago, Kavkazsky Zapovednik, Russia, July.
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Axel Gebauer / West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) close up portrait, Abago, Kavkazsky Zapovednik, Russia, July.
Caucasus Mtns, Bezengi Valley and Bezengi Wall, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.
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Konstantin Mikhailov / Caucasus Mtns, Bezengi Valley and Bezengi Wall, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.
The bellflower (Campanula bibirshteinii) in Alpine belt of W Caucasus, Teberdinskiy nature reserve, Russia, July, 3500 m
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Konstantin Mikhailov / The bellflower (Campanula bibirshteinii) in Alpine belt of W Caucasus, Teberdinskiy nature reserve, Russia, July, 3500 m
Birch (Betula sp) forest, Amanauz Valley near Dombay, Teberdinsky biosphere reserve, Caucasus, Russia, July 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Birch (Betula sp) forest, Amanauz Valley near Dombay, Teberdinsky biosphere reserve, Caucasus, Russia, July 2008