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Midwife toad

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilised eggs on their backs.

    "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."

  2. 2
    European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch wordnet
  3. 3
    similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians wordnet

Etymology

Refers to the males' behaviour of carrying fertilised eggs on their backs.

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