# Discoglossus

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***Discoglossus*** (common name: **painted frogs**) is a genus of [frogs](/source/Frog) in the family [Alytidae](/source/Alytidae) (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern [Europe](/source/Europe) and northwestern [Africa](/source/Africa).[1]

## Species

Six species are placed in this genus.[1] The [Hula painted frog](/source/Hula_painted_frog) (*Latonia nigriventer*) was included in this genus until further genetic analysis placed this frog in the genus *[Latonia](/source/Latonia_(frog))*.[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

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). ["*Discoglossus* Otth, 1837"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Alytidae/Discoglossus). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

- C. Michael Hogan. 2012. [*Discoglossus*](http://africanamphibians.lifedesks.org/pages/24638). African Amphibians Lifedesk. ed. Breda Zimkus.
- A. Salvador. 1996. *Amphibians of Northwest Africa*. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service. 109, 1-43.

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