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Midwife toad   /mˈɪdwˌaɪf toʊd/   Listen
Midwife toad

noun
1.
Similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians.  Synonym: Alytes cisternasi.
2.
European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch.  Synonyms: Alytes obstetricans, obstetrical toad.





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... ALYTES, the midwife toad, first discovered by P. Demours in 1741, on the border of a small pond in the Jardin des Plantes, in the very act of parturition which has rendered it famous, and described as Petit crapaud male accoucheur de sa femelle. Alytes obstetricans is of special interest as the first known example of paternal ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Midwife toad" :   obstetrical toad, toad, toad frog, Alytes, genus Alytes, salientian, batrachian, anuran, frog, Alytes cisternasi


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