Re-introduction of the Mallorcan midwife toad, Mallorca, Spain

The Mallorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis, Sanchíz & Alcover, 1977) or

Pleistocene fossils, and was considered extinct. The discovery of live tadpoles in

to Mallorca (Mayol & Alcover, 1981). Subfossils suggest that the species was

the Serra de Tramuntana mountains in the north-west part of the island. There

original wild populations plus 18 re-introductions). These are largely isolated from

depression. Re-introduction of captive bred toads started in 1989 and it is

successful re-introduction program contributed to the downgrading of the species

of 2004. There is little evidence that wild populations are continuing to decline, but

concern.