Discoglossus (common name: painted frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern Europe and northwestern Africa.[1]
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| Discoglossus galganoi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alytidae |
| Genus: | Discoglossus Otth, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837
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6 or 7, see text | |
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| Distribution of Discoglossus (in green) | |
Species
editSix 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 |
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Discoglossus jeanneae Busack, 1986 | Spanish painted frog | Spain. |
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Discoglossus montalentii Lanza, Nascetti, Capula, and Bullini, 1984 | Corsican painted frog | Corsica. |
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Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 | Mediterranean painted frog | Mediterranean Africa in northeast Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia, in the islands of Sicily (Italy) and Malta |
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Discoglossus sardus Tschudi In Otth, 1837 | Tyrrhenian painted frog | Sardinia, Corsica and the Tuscan Archipelago. |
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Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano, 1878 | Moroccan painted frog | Morocco as well as in the Spanish North African enclaves Ceuta and Melilla. |
References
edit- ^ 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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