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Discoglossus Otth, 1837
Nomenclature
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Order: AnuraFamily: Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843
Genus:
Discoglossus Otth, 1837
SUMMARY
The following are the seven recognized extant species (ITIS. 2012) within the genus Discoglossus:
D. galganoi (Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo, 1985) Iberian Painted Frog
D. jeanneae (Busack, 1986) Spanish Painted Frog
D. montalentii (Lanza, Naxcetti, Capula & Bullini, 1984) Corsica Painted Frog
D. nigriventer (Mendelssohn & Steinitz, 1943) Hula Painted Frog
D. pictus (Otth, 1837) Painted Frog
D. sardus (Tschudi in Otth, 1837) Tyrrhenian Painted Frog
D. scovazzi (Camerano, 1878) Moroccan Painted Frog
There are two subspecies of D. pictus: D. pictus auritus and D. pictus pictus. The former was originally described as D. auritus by Heron-Royer (1889).