Bombina bombina

Structure Transformation of the Anuran Amphibian Spawning Communities in Floodplain Lakes of the Medveditsa River Valley (Saratov Region) under Conditions of Long-Term Reduction of Water Content

Authors: Yermokhin M. V., Ivanov G. A., Tabachishin V. G.

The structure of spawning taxocenoses of anuran amphibians in five floodplain lakes of the Medveditsa river valley in 2009-2018 is analysed. Two near-terrace lakes (Lebyazhye and Koblovo) and three lakes of the central floodplain (Sadok, Kruglen’koye, and Cherepashie) were used as model ones. The degradation of the populations of the three most numerous species, a decrease in the dominance degree of the common spadefoot toad were established.