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<p> <em>Alytes cisternasii </em>Bosc&aacute;, 1879</p>

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  • Iberian midwife toad

  • Alytes cisternasii Boscá, 1879

  • Discoglossidae

  • The Iberian midwife toad is a robust toad, with wide head and body, prominent eyes with a vertical pupil and short limbs. It presents a white to beige colour, with brown or grey spots, with small red moles on its back. The males carry the eggs on their backs during the mating season, which explains the name of midwife toad. It usually measures less than 4,5 cm in length.

  • Douro Internacional Nature Park

    Tejo Internacional Nature Park

    Serra de S. Mamede Nature Park

    Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Nature Park

    Vale do Guadiana Nature Park

    Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve

    Vale do Tua Regional Nature Park

  • Norte

    Algarve

    Centro

    Alentejo

  • Least Concern

  • Iberian Peninsula

  • The Iberian midwife toad exists on oak groves, pine groves or agricultural areas, near water courses, and on arid and hot environments with sandy or inconsistent soils. 

  • Autumn

  • The adult Iberian midwife toad feeds on ants, snails, beetles and spiders, while the larvae feeds on vegetable matter and aquatic invertebrates.

  • There is no estimate for the Portuguese population of this species.