Albino Amplexus
Shortlisted BWPA 2012 - Animal Behaviour Category
A male albino and female Common Frog (Rana temporaria) at Vinegar Pond, Mousehold Heath, Norwich, England. Of the hundreds of frogs that had emerged from the woods to mate this was the only albino. It is holding the female in amplexus, the frog embrace, whilst fertilising the spawn.
A male albino and female Common Frog (Rana temporaria) at Vinegar Pond, Mousehold Heath, Norwich, England. Of the hundreds of frogs that had emerged from the woods to mate this was the only albino. It is holding the female in amplexus, the frog embrace, whilst fertilising the spawn.
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