Dr. Richard A. Griffiths The Mallorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) is classified as vulnerable. From Wordnik.com. [Some Threatened Species See Gains] Reference
These include European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), olive midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), and Mediterranean treefrog (Hyla meridionalis). From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests] Reference
The Midwife Toad (Alytes obstetricans) with its eggs in tow, one of many frogs of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [DC's] Reference
A small Frog, by no means uncommon in France and Germany (Alytes obstetricans), has a very singular habit. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Highly unusual for an amphibian, Alytes obstetricans mates on land, not water, and the males incubate the eggs on their legs, also on land. From Wordnik.com. [Darwiniana] Reference
In the new research, the scientists studied the spread of Bd in midwife toads (Alytes obstetricians) living on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Anastasi A, Erspamer V, Bucci M (1971) Isolation and structure of bombesin and alytesin, 2 analogous active peptides from the skin of the European amphibians Bombina and Alytes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Thus the male of the Nurse-Frog (Alytes), not uncommon on the Continent, fixes a string of twenty to fifty eggs to the upper part of his hind-legs, and retires to his hole, only coming out at night to get some food and to keep up the moisture about the eggs. From Wordnik.com. [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference
In fishes, however, the male of the little Sea-horse (Hippocampus) is provided with a ventral pouch in which the eggs are sheltered, and the same class presents us with a mode of carrying the eggs still more bizarre than that of Alytes obstetricans just related. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Alytes 18: 1-14. From Wordnik.com. [Cameroonian Highlands forests] Reference
Alytes obstetricians) living on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal. From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog] Reference
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