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==English==
[[File:AlytesObstetricansMaleWithEggs.png|right|thumb|{{taxlink|Alytes obstetricans|species|ver=180223}}, male with eggs]]
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{{wikispecies|Alytes}}
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# Any species of the [[genus]] ''[[{{taxfmt|Alytes]]''|genus}}, the males of which carry fertilised eggs on their backs.
#: {{syn|en|obstetric toad}}
#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=1996''', |author=Trevor Beebee, ''|title=Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians'', [|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dOkvUEQOpd0C&pg=PA168&dq=%22midwife+toad%22%7C%22midwife+toads%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CbnGUZbKNe6ZiAeJ-oGIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22midwife%20toad%22%7C%22midwife%20toads%22&f=false |page =168],
#*: |passage=Fossils suggest that '''midwife toads''' were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake ''Natrix maura'' and the large frog ''Rana perezi''.}}
#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=1997''', |author=John T. Burns, ''|title=Cosmic Influences on Humans, Animals, and Plants: An Annotated Bibliography'', [|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AUoYWVdTUhEC&pg=PA195&dq=%22midwife+toad%22%7C%22midwife+toads%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CbnGUZbKNe6ZiAeJ-oGIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22midwife%20toad%22%7C%22midwife%20toads%22&f=false |page =195],
#*: |passage=A key preserved male specimen of the '''midwife toad''' was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad.}}
#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=2011''', |editor=John P. Rafferty (editor), ''|title=Reptiles and Amphibians'', [|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MgN2dG_wqycC&pg=PA218&dq=%22midwife+toad%22%7C%22midwife+toads%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CbnGUZbKNe6ZiAeJ-oGIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22midwife%20toad%22%7C%22midwife%20toads%22&f=false |page =218],
#*: |passage=The '''midwife toad''' is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus ''Alytes'' (family Discoglossidae). The best-known species is ''A. obstetricans''.}}
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