Alytes almogavarii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species: Alytes almogavarii
Subspecies (2): A. a. almogavarii – A. a. inigoi

Name

Alytes almogavarii Arntzen & García-París, 1995

Holotype: MNCN 16663, adult ♂, collected by M. García-París and J.W. Arntzen on 6 September 1992.
Type locality: “Rasos de Peguera, Berga, Provincia de Barcelona, Spain”.

Combinations

Alytes obstetricans almogavarii Arntzen & García-París, 1995: 29 [original combination, as subspecies]
Alytes almogavarii — Dufresnes & Martínez-Solano, 2020: 109 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Native distribution areas

SE France: Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales.
Andorra (?).
NE Spain: Catalonia and Aragón.

References

Primary references

Arntzen, J.W. & García-París, M. 1995. Morphological and allozyme studies of midwife toads (genus Alytes), including the description of two new taxa from Spain. Contributions to Zoology 65(1): 5–34. DOI: 10.1163/26660644-06501002 Reference page.
Dufresnes, C. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2020. Hybrid zone genomics supports candidate species in Iberian Alytes obstetricans. Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 105–112. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20191312 Reference page.

Additional references

García-París, M. 1995. Variabilidad genética y distribución geográfica de Alytes obstetricans almogavarii en España. Revista Española de Herpetología 9: 133–138. Reference page.
Márquez, R. & Bosch, J. 1995. Advertisement calls of the midwife toads Alytes (Amphibia, Anura, Discoglossidae) in continental Spain. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 33(2): 185–192. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1995.tb00224.x Reference page.
Martínez-Solano, I., Gonçalves, H., Arntzen, J.W. & García-París, M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of midwife toads (Discoglossidae: Alytes). Journal of Biogeography 31(4): 603–618. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.01033.x Reference page.
Gonçalves, H., Martínez-Solano, I., Ferrand, N. & García-París, M. 2007. Conﬂicting phylogenetic signal of nuclear vs mitochondrial DNA markers in midwife toads (Anura, Discoglossidae, Alytes): deep coalescence or ancestral hybridization? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1): 494–500. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.001 Reference page.
Gonçalves, H., Maia-Carvalho, B., Sousa-Neves, T., García-París, M., Sequera, F., Ferrand, N. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2015. Multilocus phylogeography of the common midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans (Anura, Alytidae): Contrasting patterns of lineage diversification and genetic structure in the Iberian refugium. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 363–379. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.009 Reference page.
Maia-Carvalho, B., Gomes-Vale, C., Sequera, F., Ferrand, N., Martínez-Solano, I. & Gonçalves, H. 2018. The roles of allopatric fragmentation and niche divergence in intraspeciﬁc lineage diversiﬁcation in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans). Journal of Biogeography 45(9): 2146–2158. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13405 Reference page.
Dufresnes, C. & Hernandez, A. 2021. Phylogeographic advances in midwife toads (Alytes) support the existence of a novel taxon endemic to the Central Pyrenees. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2170–2179. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12564 Reference page.

Links

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Alytes almogavarii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T178592041A194374646. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T178592041A194374646.en. Accessed on 31 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Catalonian Midwife Toad