Alytes obstetricans

Alytes obstetricans

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 obstetricans
Subspecies (4): A. o. boscai – A. o. lusitanicus – A. o. obstetricans – A. o. pertinax

Name

Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype (Icnotype): Bufo terrestris minor in "Hist. de l'Acad. Des Scienc. 1741".
• Type locality: not stated, designated as “Frankreich [=France]” by Mertens & Müller (1928: 17).

Combinations

• Bufo obstetricans Laurenti, 1768: 128 [original combination]
• Bombinator obstetricans — Merrem, 1820: 179 [subsequent combination]
• Rana obstetricans — Wolfin Sturm, 1828: 3 [subsequent combination]
• Alytes obstetricans — Wagler, 1830: 206 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Obstetricans vulgaris Dugès, 1834: 7 [substitute name for Bufo obstetricans Laurenti, 1768]

Native distribution areas

• Germany
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Switzerland
• France
• Andorra
• Spain
• Portugal

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

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. 
• García-París, M. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2001. Nuevo estatus taxonomico para las poblaciones ibero-mediterraneas de Alytes obstetricans (Anura: Discoglossidae). Revista Española de Herpetología 15: 99–113. PDF 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., 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. & 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. 
• Ambu, J., Martínez-Solano, Í. & Dufresnes, C. 2024. A new subspecies of Midwife Toad (Anura, Alytidae, Alytes Wagler, 1829) supported by genomic taxonomy. Alytes 41(1–4): 18–39. Full article Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Alytes obstetricans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T178591974A89699462. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T178591974A89699462.en. Accessed on 01 September 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gemeine Geburtshelferkröte
English: Common Midwife Toad
français: Alyte accoucheur
galego: Sapiño comadrón
Nederlands: Vroedmeesterpad
polski: Pętówka babienica
português: Sapo-parteiro-comum
Türkçe: Ebe kurbağa

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