Discoglossus (common name: painted frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae) found in southern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Species Six species are placed in this genus. The Hula painted frog (Latonia nigriventer) was included in this genus until further genetic analysis placed this frog in the genus Latonia.
Image Binomial name and author Common name Distribution Discoglossus galganoi Iberian painted frog Portugal and Spain Discoglossus jeanneae Spanish painted frogSpain. Discoglossus montalentii Corsican painted frog Corsica. Discoglossus pictus Mediterranean painted frog Mediterranean Africa in northeast Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia, in the islands of Sicily (Italy) and Malta Discoglossus sardus Tyrrhenian painted frog Sardinia, Corsica and the Tuscan Archipelago. Discoglossus scovazzi Moroccan painted frogMorocco as well as in the Spanish North African enclaves Ceuta and Melilla.
References
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.