Biology:Alytes maurus

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Short description: Species of frog

Alytes maurus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species:
A. maurus
Binomial name
Alytes maurus
(Pasteur & Bons, 1962)
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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

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Alytes maurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T55267A178748090. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55267/178748090. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2670382 entry