YELLOW BELLIED TOADS FEEDING - EUROPEAN BOMBINA

Must have forgotten about this video and as I was doing another three videos with one on corruption I thought I would put this one up.

My two types of Yellow Bellied Toads belonging to the European branch of the Bombina family.

Rest assured you are going to see a great deal more on this blog during the coming year and if all goes well it should build up a fair old bit too?!

YELLOW BELLIED TOADS FEEDING VIDEO

Well I say FEEDING but I threw some crickets on their and left it filming for a few minutes, lol. These are my Julian Alps Yellow Bellied Toads, Bombina variegata kolombatovici and are the olive ones, and the possibly Greek Yellow Bellied Toads, Bombina variegata scabra which are the brown ones.

Well either greek or Bombina pachypus hybrids, I have not looked close enough yet, still yes I know, to cast an opinion but I will in the next few weeks, fingers crossed.

Hopefully something happened on video, fingers crossed as I have not looked at it...

YELLOW BELLIED TOAD PART 1 - BOMBINA KOLOMBATOVICI

Very pleased I suddenly find myself with these and an old favourite!

Can back by way of a kid with a father that knows his stuff!! Think I know the chap, lol.

Anyway over the years I realized and have owned TWO TYPES of this species. One I had many years ago was very light Olive on the back while the one a few years back was dark Olive. All this type are green by the way and no despite what you may hear, be told or READ this is the only Yellow Bellied Toad that is green! I have personally seen 7 types of Yellow Bellied Toads in all, did write and complete a book on European Amphibians, and no normal, NOMINAL,  Yellow Bellied Toads ever have green on them. European Fire Bellied Toads, Bombina bombina, CAN be green and you get some very nice ones too. But not Bombina variegata. Bombina scabra is a light sandy tan, or at least of the ones I have seen are, and can have some small green flecks scattered about but that is all.

As you can see from the pictures below Bombina kolombatovici are green. I will get some better pictures and of the bellies too, this one is very young and not coloured up completely yet, but these can be a brilliant Canary yellow underneath that makes up about 70 to 90% of the underside. The dark spotting is normally bluish or pastel blue which they can also have around the edge of the flanks and legs. You can probably see this in the pictures.

Now there are four types of Yellow Bellied Toads that you will see listed and these are...

Bombina variegata (of which I have see at least two types of)
Bombina kolombatovici (of which I have seen and kept two types of)
Bombina pachypus (remarkably bright tangerine and blue bellied type from Italy and appears to be two forms)
Bombina scabra (largish and light tan type that tends to be orange from Greece SEE NEXT POST)