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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Tadpole

In the center of Spain the climate is changing, water is scarce and amphibians must improve their reproduction strategy. This is a tadpole of common midwife toad, of the new subspecies called "pertinax", persistent. Future fot the species.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Orusco de Tajuña, Spain
Copyright: © Iván Ruiz Barranco