MIDWIFE TOAD Definition & Meaning

midwife toad

noun

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.

midwife toad

noun

a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae

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Origin of midwife toad¹

First recorded in 1900–05

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Among the creatures to have settled in Britain after being accidentally brought to the island is the midwife toad.

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Other amphibians such as the Mallorcan midwife toad in Spain and the Kihansi spray toad of Tanzania have been bred and reintroduced from just a few individuals in the past.

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The lucky recipient of this experiment is the Majorcan midwife toad, a species once thought to be extinct that was rediscovered in the 1980s in several isolated ponds in the island’s limestone outcrops.

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They said it was driven by the urgency of the decline in the Mallorcan midwife toad on the island.

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Meanwhile, in southeast continental Spain, which has a similar geographical landscape to Mallorca, Bosch and his colleagues are using their method to try to protect populations of the Betic midwife toad.

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