Alytes maurus

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species:
Name
Alytes maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962
- Holotype: MNHN-RA-5960, ♀, collected by Mme Onteniente between 3-13 July 1961.
- Type locality: “Talass n 'Tane (Rif près de Bab-Taza)”, Morocco.
Combinations
- Alytes obstetricans maurus Pasteur & Bons, 1962: 71 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Alytes maurus — Donaire-Barroso & Bogaerts, 2003: 26 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Native distribution areas
- Morocco: western and central Rif Mountains and middle Atlas Mountains.
References
Primary references
- 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(1): 71–79. Reference page.
- 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
- 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.
Links
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2021. IUCN: Alytes maurus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T55267A178748090. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T55267A178748090.en. Accessed on 01 September 2022.
Vernacular names
- English: Moroccan Midwife Toad