Alytes muletensis

Alytes muletensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Alytes
Species: Alytes muletensis

Name

Alytes muletensis (Sanchíz & Adrover, 1979)

• Holotype: MAD (uncatalogued), left ilium [Pleistocene fossil].
• Type locality: “Cueva Muleta, sector X, nivel 200-300 cm”, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Combinations

• Baleaphryne muletensis Sanchíz & Adrover, 1979: 6 [original combination]
• Alytes muletensis — Clarke, 1984: 45 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• †Baleaphryne talaioticus Sanchíz & Alcover, 1982: 100
  • Holotype: CMM (uncatalogued), right humerus [Holocene fossil].
  • Type locality: “Rafal Rubi, Menorca”, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Balearic Islands: Mallorca Island.

References

Primary references

• Sanchíz, F.B. & Adrover, R. 1979. Anfibios fósiles del Pleistoceno de Mallorca. Doñana Acta Vertebrata 4(1–2): 5—25. Reference page. 
• Sanchíz, F.B. & Alcover, J.A. 1982. Un Nou discoglòssid "(Amphibia: Anura)"; de l’Holocè de Menorca. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural. Secció de Geologia 48(3): 99–105. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mayol, J. & Alcover, J.A. 1981. Survival of Baleaphryne Sanchíz and Adrover, 1979 (Amphibia: Anura: Discoglossidae) on Mallorca. Amphibia-Reptilia 1(3): 343–345. DOI: 10.1163/156853881X00438 Reference page. 
• Arntzen, J.W. & García-París, M. 1995. Morphological and allozyme studies of midwife toads (genus Alytes), including the description of two new taxa from Spain. Contributions to Zoology 65(1): 5–34. DOI: 10.1163/26660644-06501002 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Alytes muletensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T977A89697685. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T977A89697685.en. Accessed on 01 September 2022.

Vernacular names

català: Ferreret
English: Mallorcan Midwife Toad
español: Sapillo balear
Nederlands: Balearenpad

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