Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species: Alytes maurus
Name
Alytes maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962
Type locality: "Talass n 'Tane (Rif près de Bab-Taza)", Morocco.
Holotype: MNHNP 5960.
Synonyms
Alytes obstetricans maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962
Alytes (Alytes) obstetricans maurus — Dubois, 1987
Alytes (Baleaphryne) maurus — Donaire-Barroso & Bogaerts, 2003
References
Pasteur, G. & J. Bons. 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. & S. Bogaerts. 2003: Datos sobre taxonomía, ecología y biología de Alytes maurus (Pasteur & Bons, 1962) (Anura, Discoglossidae). Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Herpetologia. Barcelona, 16: 25–40.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Alytes maurus . Accessed on 13 July 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Alytes maurus (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 13 July 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Moroccan Midwife Toad
Alytes maurus (common name: Moroccan midwife toad) is a species of frog in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It is endemic to Morocco. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, and rural gardens. Phenomena such as habitat fragmentation, water pollution, climate change, and the introduction of chytrid fungus into ecosystems all pose threats to the well-being of these organisms.
Sources
Lee Dietterich. 2011. Alytes maurus. ed. B. Zimkus. African Amphibians
Escoriza, D., Ben Hassine, J. 2019. Amphibians of North Africa. Elsevier, London.
de Pous, P., Metallinou, M., Donaire-Barroso, D., Carranza, S., & Sanuy, D. 2013. Integrating mtDNA analyses and ecological niche modelling to infer the evolutionary history of Alytes maurus
(Amphibia; Alytidae) from Morocco
References
David Donaire-Barroso, Alfredo Salvador, Tahar Slimani, El Hassan El Mouden, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Alytes maurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T55267A11283451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T55267A11283451.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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