Alytes maurus

Taxonavigation

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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 maurus

Name

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Alytes maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962

  • Holotype: MNHN 5960.
  • Type locality: “Talass n 'Tane (Rif près de Bab-Taza)”, Morocco.

Combinations

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  • Alytes obstetricans maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962: 71 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Alytes maurusDonaire-Barroso & Bogaerts, 2003: 26 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Native distribution areas

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  • Morocco.

References

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Primary references

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  • Pasteur, G. & Bons, J. 1962. Note préliminaire sur Alytes maurus: gemellarité ou polytopisme? Remarques biogéographiques, génétiques et taxinomiques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 87: 71–79.
  • Donaire-Barroso, D. & Bogaerts, S. 2003. Datos sobre taxonomía, ecología y biología de Alytes maurus (Pasteur & Bons, 1962) (Anura, Discoglossidae). Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Herpetologia 16: 25–40.

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Moroccan Midwife Toad
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