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Basic information
Alytes obstetricans
Common Midwife Toad
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyDisc-tongued frogs
GenusAlytes
- Czech name
- Ropuška starostlivá
- English name
- Common Midwife Toad
- Alternative names
- Midwife frog, Midwife Toad, Sapo Partero Común, Sapo partero común
- Synonyms
- Alytes campanisonus boscai, Alytes obstetricans boscai, Alytes obstetricans lusitanicus, Alytes obstetricans pertinax, Bombinator obstetricans, Bufo obstetricans, Obstetricans vulgaris, Rana obstetricans
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Arboreal, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 55 mm
- Body mass
- max 13.4 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 7 years
- Activity
- Crepuscular, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Clutch size
- 53–171 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 4 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf0006 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · CCWK · COL26.9