Discoglossus (common name: painted frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern Europe and northwestern Africa.[1]
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]
Image 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.Discoglossus (common name: painted frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern Europe and northwestern Africa.