Prodiscoglossus Friant 1944 (painted frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Discoglossidae

Full reference: M. Friant. 1944. Caractères anatomiques d'un Batracien oligocène de la Limagne, le Prodiscoglossus Vertaizoni nov. gen. nov. sp. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 219:561-562

Parent taxon: Discoglossidae according to M. Friant 1944

See also Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Prodiscoglossus vertaizoni

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vertaizon (Oligocene of France)

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