Creating the optimal pond for amphibians: Research identifies key factors

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Mar 5, 2025, 2:29 pm105 pts
Amphibians are land animals, but can only reproduce in water. They prefer to live in and around small bodies of water. But this habitat is becoming increasingly rare—in Germany alone, more than half of this type of body of water has disappeared in the last century.

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