Endangered
Majorcan midwife toad
Alytes muletensis
The species, considered "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is currently restricted to isolated mountain streams in the island's Serra de Tramuntana and has an estimated population of 500 to 1500 breeding pairs in the wild.
The frog
An example of Lazarus taxon, the species was first described from fossil remains in 1977, but living animals were discovered in 1979.
Range and habitat
The species is endemic to Mallorca, and is found only in the mountainous regions and gorges of the Serra de Tramuntana. In this area, the species inhabits streams in limestone caverns, where they hide under boulders and stones. Any human alterations (i.e., dams, canals) that change water levels or quality of these streams affect the toad's ability to find suitable habitat.
It is endemic to the Balearic Island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. The species, considered "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is currently restricted to isolated mountain streams in the island's Serra de Tramuntana and has an estimated population of 500 to 1500 breeding pairs in the wild.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Reintroduction of the species in additional areas has taken place since 1988, with many new breeding populations now well established.
In crisis
The Majorcan midwife toad is thought to have disappeared from most of the island as a result of the introduction of competitors and predators from the mainland in ancient times.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Majorcan midwife toad is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Majorcan midwife toad, Wikidata item Q61523. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
