Discoglossus

Discoglossus
	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
	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[edit]

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]

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[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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[frost-1] 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.

[2] "Discoglossus Otth, 1837". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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