Ingo Arndt / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} Germany

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad underside swimming {Bombina variegata} France

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 5/7

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad defensive display - shows brightly coloured belly, Italy

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad defensive display to snake, Italy - shows brighly coloured belly

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad - eggs with developing embryos, Italy. Life cycle sequence 2

Tony Phelps / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} warning display Europe

Robert Valentic / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) sitting on moss. Passani, Dadia Forest, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece.

Melvin Grey / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) adult showing warning display, Kresna area, Bulgaria

Melvin Grey / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) adult, on white background/ Kresna area, Bulgaria

Kerstin Hinze / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata), adult, on dried soil with mud cracks, Weser Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany. August.

Kerstin Hinze / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata), adult, Weser Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany. August.

Kerstin Hinze / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) in defensive posture showing warning colours, on dried soil with mud cracks, Weser Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany. August.

Kerstin Hinze / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) in defensive posture showing warning colours, on dried soil with mud cracks, Weser Hills, Lower Saxony, Germany. August.

Ingo Arndt / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} Germany

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) showing underside, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) tadpole showing back legs developing, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) tadpole with front and hind legs developing, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) tadpole with hind legs developing, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) tadpole with hind legs developing, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) juvenile, Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) developing tadpole, Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Germany. August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Cyril Ruoso / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) in pond, Alsace, France, June.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) male, The Netherlands, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata), Theisbergstegen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata), Theisbergstegen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata), Theisbergstegen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata), Theisbergstegen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Yellow bellied toad (Bombina variegata) Theisbergstegen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Cyril Ruoso / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) in pond, Alsace, France

Cyril Ruoso / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) in pond, Alsace, France

Bert Willaert / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata scabra) performing an unken reflex in order to show the warning coloration on the underparts of its body, Republic of Macedonia, May.

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} France

Christophe Courteau / Pair of Yellow bellied toads {Bombina variegata} France

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad swimming {Bombina variegata} France

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 1/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 6/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 4/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 2/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 7/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 3/7

MYN / Marko Masterl / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) woodland, Kocevje, Slovenia, Europe, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) woodland, Kocevje, Slovenia, Europe, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Thomas Marent / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata), Switzerland

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} view of underside in water, Italy

Martin Gabriel / Yellow bellied toad {Bombina variegata} camouflaged in puddle, Bavaria, Germany

Duncan Usher / Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata) with inflated throat pouch, Europe

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad tadpole with developed legs, Italy. Life cycle sequence 5

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad tadpoles with developed legs, Italy. Life cycle sequence 4

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad tadpole feeding on dead leaf, Italy. Life cycle sequence 3

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad pair in amplexus, note eggs, Italy. Life cycle sequence 1

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad feeding on dragonfly in leaf litter, Italy

Fabio Liverani / Yellow bellied toad froglets, Italy. Life cycle sequence 6

Emanuele Biggi / Apennine yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata pachypus) froglet undergoing metamorphosis in stream, Italy.

Emanuele Biggi / Apennine yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata pachypus) floating at waters surface, Genova, Italy.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Dalmatian yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata kolombatovici) portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Dalmatian yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata kolombatovici) portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Western yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata variegata) albino, portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Western yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata variegata) albino, portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Western yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata variegata) portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Western yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata variegata) portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greek yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata scabra) male, portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive, occurs in southern Balkans.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greek yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata scabra) male, portrait, private collection, Germany. Captive, occurs in southern Balkans.

Roman Willi / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) swimming in shallow pool, Lucerne, Switzerland. August.

Roman Willi / Yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata) pair in amplexus in water, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.

Roman Willi / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) male in pond, calling, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.

Konrad Wothe / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) swimming in shallow water, Bavaria, Germany. July.

Remi Masson / Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) underwater in Thurignin Canyon, Seran river. Alps, France, August.