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Iberian midwife toad
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