We are participating in the Cities Environment Reports on the Internet network   State of the Environment in Tashkent 2001 Home Page   |  About city  |   About this report  |   The CEROI network  |   Illustrations  |   Search   |   Feedback   |   Links  |   Map Biodiversity  Amphibians The Amphibians of Tashkent are represented only by two species. From them Bufoviridisinhabits almost everywhere. The bigger part of its life spends on the ground, and only for reproduction it uses water. It active only during nights. It is possible to meet the spawn of toad, which looks like long  slimy threats, and its grubs in shallow drenage  canals, temporary accumulations of water, pools and ever fountains in the center of the city.  Rana ridibunda is the inhabitant of stagnant, deep, over-grown                   Bufoviridis    reservoirs.  It can be met usually on the borders of the city, on the banks of canals and ponds. The amount of inhabitant is very  small.                                                                                                                                      Rana ridibunda                                                                                                                                                                  Chapter Navigation     Introduction   State      Fish       Amphibians      Reptiles      Birds      Mammals   Pressure   Impact   Response  Indicators    In this report     Source of figures: Biological encyclopaedic dictionary. Moscow. "The Soviet encyclopaedia", 1986.    Web site maintained by:  À. Khalmatov  Page Editor:    This page was last updated: 13/03/02