Betic Midwife Toad vs Green-fronted Lancebill

Alytes dickhilleni compared with Doryfera ludovicae

Key Differences

• Betic Midwife Toad is Endangered while Green-fronted Lancebill is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Betic Midwife Toad	Green-fronted Lancebill
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Alytidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Alytes	Doryfera
Species	Alytes dickhilleni	Doryfera ludovicae

Evolutionary Relationship

Betic Midwife Toad and Green-fronted Lancebill share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Betic Midwife Toad

EN — Endangered

Green-fronted Lancebill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Betic Midwife Toad	Green-fronted Lancebill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Betic Midwife Toad

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Green-fronted Lancebill

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Betic Midwife Toad

The Betic Midwife Toad (Alytes dickhilleni) is a species in the genus Alytes. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Green-fronted Lancebill

A medium-sized hummingbird with a distinctively long, slightly upturned bill, green-fronted lancebills inhabit the mid-strata of humid montane cloud forest in the Andes from Costa Rica through Colombia and Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 1,000–2,400 meters. Their elongated bill is specialized for probing the long tubular flowers of Centropogon and other Andean bell-flowers inaccessible to shorter-billed hummingbirds. Males are glittering green throughout; females have white-spotted underparts. Listed as Least Concern.