Latonia ragei Hossini 1993 (painted frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Discoglossidae

Full reference: S. Hossini. 1993. A new species of Latonia (Anura, Discoglossidae) from the lower Miocene of France. Amphibia-Reptilia 14:237-245

Belongs to Latonia according to S. Hossini 1993

See also Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Latonia gigantea, Latonia seyfriedi

Type specimen: FSL: 150.80, a maxilla (An almost complete right maxilla, with its processus posterior and tips of the processus pterygoideus and processus palatinus broken off). Its type locality is Laugnac, which is in a MN 2 lacustrine marl/limestone in the Agenais Limestone Formation of France.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (3 collections)

• Miocene of Austria (4), France (3), Germany (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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