Discoglossidae
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| Discoglossidae Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Recent[1] |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Superorder: | Batrachia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Archaeobatrachia |
| Family: | Discoglossidae Günther, 1859 |
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Genus Alytes |
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| Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black) | |
The Discoglossidae are a family of primitive frogs, with the common name disc-tongued frogs.[2] Most are endemic to Europe, but there are also three species in northwest Africa, and an extinct species formerly occurred in Israel.
The family contains two extant genera, Alytes and Discoglossus. The former is somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The latter is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water.[3] All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpoles.
Species [edit]
The genera Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family, but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae.
Family Discoglossidae
- Genus Alytes
- Alytes cisternasii - Iberian midwife toad
- Alytes dickhilleni - southern midwife toad
- Alytes maurus - Moroccan Midwife Toad
- Alytes muletensis - Majorcan midwife toad
- Alytes obstetricans - common midwife toad
- Genus Discoglossus
- Discoglossus galganoi - West Iberian painted frog
- Discoglossus jeanneae - Spanish painted frog
- Discoglossus montalenti - Corsican painted frog
- Discoglossus nigriventer - Israel painted frog
- Discoglossus pictus - common painted frog
- Discoglossus sardus - Tyrrhenian painted frog
- Genus †Enneabatrachus (prehistoric)[1]
- †Enneabatrachus hechti[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
- ^ Amphibian Species of the World uses the name Alytidae for this family in its fifth edition.
- ^ Zweifel, Richard G. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G., ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
- San Mauro, Diego; Mario Garcia-Paris and Rafael Zardoya (December 2004). "Phylogenetic relationships of discoglossid frogs (Amphibia:Anura:Discoglossidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes". Gene 343 (2): 357–366. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2004.10.001. PMID 15588590.
- San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea" (– Scholar search). American Naturalist 165 (5): 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. PMID 15795855.[dead link]
