Discoglossidae
family of amphibians
Discoglossidae is a family of frogs. They are commonly known as the Disc-Tongued Frogs.[2] They live in Europe but some species have been found in Northeastern Africa. An extinct species of the Discoglossidae family used to live in Israel.
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The family has two genus. They include the Alytes and Discoglossus. The Discoglossus frogs looks very alike to toads and can be found on land. The Alytes are more smoother and look more like frogs. They are seen in the water.[3] All of the species of the Discoglossidae will lay their eggs in ponds and will turn into tadpoles.
Species
changeThe genus Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae family,
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)
- †Enneabatrachus hechti
References
change- ↑ 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 George (1998). Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-12-178560-2. OCLC 39559811.
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Books
change- San Mauro, Diego; García-París, Mario; Zardoya, Rafael (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; Vences, Miguel; Alcobendas, Marina; Zardoya, Rafael; Meyer, Axel (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist. 165 (5): 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. PMID 15795855. S2CID 17021360. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
