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

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midwife toad

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midwife toad

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

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雄が背中に受精卵を抱える特徴を持つ、Alytes属に属するヒキガエルの一種

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The midwife toad carried a clutch of fertilised eggs on his back until the tadpoles were ready to emerge.

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雄が受精卵を背中に運ぶアリュテス属のカエルは、オタマジャクシが孵化するまで受精卵の房を背中に抱えていた。

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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.

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