Discoglossus
Genus of amphibians
Discoglossus | |
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Discoglossus galganoi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alytidae |
Genus: | Discoglossus Otth, 1837 |
Type species | |
Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 | |
Species | |
6 or 7, see text | |
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Distribution of Discoglossus (in green) |
Discoglossus (common name: painted frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern Europe and northwestern Africa.[1]
Species
Six species are placed in this genus.[1] The Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer) was included in this genus until further genetic analysis placed this frog in the genus Latonia.[2]
Image | Binomial name and author | Common name | Distribution |
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![]() | Discoglossus galganoi Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo, 1985 | Iberian painted frog | Portugal and Spain |
![]() | Discoglossus jeanneae Busack, 1986 | Spanish painted frog | Spain. |
![]() | Discoglossus montalentii Lanza, Nascetti, Capula, and Bullini, 1984 | Corsican painted frog | Corsica. |
![]() | Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 | Mediterranean painted frog | Mediterranean Africa in northeast Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia, in the islands of Sicily (Italy) and Malta |
![]() | Discoglossus sardus Tschudi In Otth, 1837 | Tyrrhenian painted frog | Sardinia, Corsica and the Tuscan Archipelago. |
![]() | Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano, 1878 | Moroccan painted frog | Morocco as well as in the Spanish North African enclaves Ceuta and Melilla. |
References
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Discoglossus Otth, 1837". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Discoglossus Otth, 1837". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- C. Michael Hogan. 2012. Discoglossus. African Amphibians Lifedesk. ed. Breda Zimkus.
- A. Salvador. 1996. Amphibians of Northwest Africa. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service. 109, 1-43.
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