Alytes cisternasii

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 cisternasii

Name

Alytes cisternasii Boscá, 1879

Syntypes: MNCN.
Type locality: “alrededores de Mérida y Alange (Badajoz)”, Spain.

Combinations

Alytes cisternasii Boscá, 1879: 217 [original combination]
Ammoryctis cisternasii — Lataste, 1879 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

Spain
Portugal

References

Primary references

Boscá, E. 1879. Alytes cisternasii, descripción de un nuevo batracio de la fauna Española. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 8: 217–227.

Additional 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.
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.

Links

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Alytes cisternasii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55266A45059928. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55266A45059928.en. Accessed on 01 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Iberian Midwife Toad
español: Sapo partero ibérico
Nederlands: Iberische vroedmeesterpad
polski: Pętówka iberyjska
português: Sapo-parteiro-ibérico

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