Discoglossus Otth 1837 (painted frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Discoglossidae

Parent taxon: Discoglossidae according to C. Gissi et al. 2006

See also Baez 2013, Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gao and Wang 2001, Sanchiz 1998 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Altanulia, Alytes, Aralobatrachus, Bakonybatrachus, Barbourula, Bombina, Enneabatrachus, Eodiscoglossus, Estesina, Itemirella, Kizylkuma, Pelophilus, Procerobatrachus, Prodiscoglossus, Saevesoederberghia, Zaphrissa

Subtaxa: Discoglossus galganoi Discoglossus jeanneae Discoglossus nigriventer Discoglossus pictus Discoglossus sardus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Croatia (1 collection), France (8), Greece (1), Italy (8), Morocco (1), Spain (9), Tunisia (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (2)

• Pliocene of Italy (2), Poland (1)

• Miocene of Italy (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (2)

Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences

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