Alytidae
| Discoglossidae |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Genus Alytes |
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| Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black) | |
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Discoglossidae Günther, 1859 |
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The Alytidae are a family of primitive frogs.[2][3][4][5] Their common name is painted frogs[2] or midwife toads.[4] Most are endemic to Europe, but there are also three species in northwest Africa, and a species formerly thought to be extinct in Israel.
This family is also known as Discoglossidae, but the older name Alytidae has priority and is now recognized by major reference works.[2][3][4][5] However, some researchers suggest that Alytes and Discoglossus are different enough to be treated as separate families, implying resurrection of Discoglossidae.[2]
Genera and species
The family contains three extant genera, Alytes, Discoglossus, and Latonia. The first is somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The second is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water.[6] The third genus was until recently considered extinct, and is represented by the recently rediscovered Hula painted frog. All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpoles.
The genera Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family, but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae.[7]
Family Alytidae
- 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 montalentii - Corsican painted frog
- Discoglossus pictus - common painted frog
- Discoglossus sardus - Tyrrhenian painted frog
- Discoglossus scovazzi - Moroccan painted frog
- Genus Latonia
- Latonia nigriventer - Hula painted frog
- Genus †Enneabatrachus (prehistoric)[1]
- †Enneabatrachus hechti[1]
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Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii)
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Iberian or Portuguese painted frog (Discoglossus galganoi)
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Latonia seyfriedi 001.jpg
Fossil discoglossid from Miocene (†Latonia seyfriedi)
References
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