The common midwife toad is a small toad of western Europe, family Alytidae, named for its unusual parental care: after mating, the male winds the strings of fertilized eggs around his own hind legs and carries them on land for several weeks, keeping them moist until they are ready to hatch, at which point he releases the tadpoles into water. Its call is a short, high, bell like peep repeated at intervals.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Anura, Taxa Source Wikidata: Common Midwife Toad
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Andorra, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Common Midwife Toad
Wikipediaarticle text (diet), EntityId 317260
Common midwife toads feed mostly on insects and other arthropods, as well as carrion.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata: Common Midwife Toad
Wikidata- Wikidata Q837990, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q837990 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Anura, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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