Alytes dickhilleni

Alytes dickhilleni

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species: Alytes dickhilleni

Name

Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen & García-París, 1995: 26

• Holotype: MNCN 16662, adult ♂, collected by J.W. Arntzen and M. García-París on 16 May 1992.
• Type locality: “Canillas de Aceituno in the Sierra Tejeda, Provincia de Málaga, Spain”.

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Andalusia and Murcia.

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 2022. IUCN: Alytes dickhilleni  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T979A89697540. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T979A89697540.en. Accessed on 31 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Betic Midwife Toad
español: Sapo partero bético

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