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Common Midwife Toad

Alytes obstetricans

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 111, February 82, March 128, April 202, May 291, June 317, July 340, August 292, September 214, October 160, November 87, December 68.
United States2,294
Alaska2,294
France1,896
Spain849
Occitanie683
Grand Est384
Portugal307
Nouvelle-Aquitaine290
Germany223
Galicia222

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyDisc-tongued Frogs · Alytidae
GenusMidwife Toads · Alytes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Midwife Toad with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.