Midwife toads are a genus (Alytes) of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae), and are found in most of Continental Europe and Northwestern Africa.

The common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) is a species of midwife frog in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It is found in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (although, in the latter, only as an introduction).

Alytes (A.) obstetricans ranges from northern and central Iberia to north-central Germany. The closely related A. (A.) dickhilleni and A. (A.) maurus live only in small mountain areas in extreme...

Alytes maurus, commonly known as the Moroccan midwife toad, is a species of frog in the family Alytidae. It is endemic to Morocco. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, …

The common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans ) is a species of midwife frog in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae).It is found in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (although, in the …

In this study, we conduct RAD-sequencing (RAD-seq) analyses of midwife toads (genus Alytes), an iconic group of western Mediterranean amphibians famous for their parental care behavior, but...

Alytes are unique in their reproduction; during mating, the male coils the laid and fertilised string of eggs around his hind limbs (Figs. 14-16); it then carries them on land until embryonic development is completed.

Alytes obstetricans has a wide distribution that ranges from the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula through continental France and up into central Germany ( Bosch et al. 2009), whereas P ...

Meet the midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) including their appearance, diet, habitat, range, lifespan, breeding and behavior.

Com­mon mid­wife toads are pri­mar­ily ter­res­trial, in­hab­it­ing a wide range of habi­tats such as tem­per­ate forests and semi-arid areas. They suc­cess­fully re­side in hu­man-mod­i­fied habi­tats, …