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The
Iberian midwife toad
(
Alytes cisternasii
) is a species of
frog
in the family
Alytidae
found in
Portugal
and western
Spain
. Its natural
habitats
are temperate
forests
and
shrubland
, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent
rivers
and freshwater
marshes
, pastureland, and aquaculture
ponds
. The species is affected by
habitat loss
, and the
IUCN
lists it as being "
Near Threatened
".
Photograph:
Benny Trapp
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