The first year of population reinforcement for Triturus carnifex with supportive breeding was a great success. With the help and knowledge of project partners from Denmark and Germany, we bred 166 larvae, which we later released as young individuals in project area Natura 2000 Dobrava...
Population reinforcement with supportive breeding in breeding stations is already a well established technique in Denmark and Germany. Their knowledge and experience will be transferred to Slovenia, where we are establishing the first breeding station in our country....
Supportive breeding is an important measure for the conservation of small and endangered fire-bellied toad populations. ...
The populations of fire-bellied toads in project areas of Denmark and Slovenia are very small. According to the monitoring, up to 5 calling males were heard in the Taarup Strand project area in Denmark and the Jovsi area in Slovenia....