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) | |
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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.
Sources
- 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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