midwife toads

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• Midwife toad — Alytes obstetricans Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs. [1900 05] * * * ▪ amphibian  slow moving,… …   Universalium

• Majorcan midwife toad — Conservation status Vulnerable ( …   Wikipedia

• The Curse of the Toads — Infobox Book | name = The Curse of the Toads title orig = translator = image caption = author = flagicon|England Rebecca Lisle illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Children s publisher = Hodder …   Wikipedia

• Frog — For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Frogs Temporal range: Triassic–present …   Wikipedia

• Anura — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called  Salientia    one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia (amphibian). It includes the frogs (frog) and toads (toad), which, because of their wide distribution, are known by most people around… …   Universalium

• Alytes — noun midwife toads • Syn: ↑genus Alytes • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Discoglossidae, ↑family Discoglossidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Chester Zoo — Chester Zoological Gardens Date opened 1931 Location Upton by Chester, Cheshire, England Land area 111 acres (45 ha) …   Wikipedia

• Discoglossidae — ▪ toad family       family of frogs (order Anura) containing the midwife toad (Alytes, four species) and the painted frog (Discoglossus, six species). Both genera are confined to the Old World, occurring in western Europe and northern Africa.… …   Universalium

• Nuptial pad — A nuptial pad (or thumb pad, nuptial ball,[1] nuptial excrescence[2]) is a secondary sex characteristic present on some mature male frogs and salamanders.[3][4][5][6] Triggered by …   Wikipedia

• genus Alytes — noun midwife toads • Syn: ↑Alytes • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Discoglossidae, ↑family Discoglossidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary