Iberian Midwife Toad

Iberian Midwife Toad
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Discoglossidae
Genus:	Alytes
Species:	A. cisternasii
Binomial name
Alytes cisternasii Boscá, 1879

The Iberian Midwife Toad or Sapo Partero Ibérico (Alytes cisternasii) is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• Beja, P., Bosch, J., Tejedo, M., Lizana, M., Martínez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., García-París, M., Gil, E.R. & Arntzen, J.W. 2004. Alytes cisternasii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.