Alytes maurus
Alytes maurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alytidae |
Genus: | Alytes |
Species: | A. maurus |
Binomial name | |
Alytes maurus (Pasteur & Bons, 1962) | |
Alytes maurus (common name: Moroccan midwife toad, French: crapaud accoucheur) is a species of frog in the Alytidae family (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.
Source
- Lee Dietterich. 2011. Alytes maurus. ed. B. Zimkus. African Amphibians
- Donaire-Barroso, D., Salvador, A., Tahar, S. & El Mouden, E.H. 2004. Alytes maurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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