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Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen and García-París, 1995

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Alytidae > Genus: Alytes

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Alytes dickhilleni Arntzen and García-París, 1995, Bijdr. Dierkd., 65: 26. Holotype: MNCN 1662, by original designation. Type locality: "Canillas de Aceituno in the Sierra Tejeda, Provincia de Málaga, Spain".

Alytes (Alytes) dickhilleni — García-París, Monton, and Alonso-Zarazaga, 2004, in García-París et al. (eds.), Fauna Iberica, 24: 594.

English Names

Southern Midwife Toad (Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 67).

Betic Midwife Toad (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 237).

Distribution

Disjunct populations in pine-oak woodlands of the Betic Mountains, 700-2140 m elevation, of southeastern Spain.

Comment

Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 67, provided a brief account, figure, and map. García-París and Arntzen, 1997, in Pleguezuelos (ed.), Dist. Biogeogr. Anf. Rep. Esp. Portugal: 129-130, provided a brief account, photograph, and detailed map for Iberia. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 237.

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