| Taxon | Discoglossus |
|---|---|
| Authority | Otth, 1837 |
| Type species | Discoglossus pictus |
| Type species authority | Otth, 1837 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | 6 or 7, see text |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ 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.
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- 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.