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Discoglossus sardus (Sardinia painted frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae

Taxonomy
Discoglossus sardus was named by Tschudi (1837). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Discoglossus sardus Tschudi
1996Discoglossus sardus Frank and Ramus
1998Discoglossus sardus Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
familyDiscoglossidaeGünther 1859
genusDiscoglossusOtth 1837
speciessardusTschudi 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Discoglossus sardus Tschudi 1837 [Sardinia painted frog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Discoglossus sardus (92675)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Discoglossus sardus (51483 51504 51505)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Discoglossus sardus (51552 190854)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Discoglossus sardus (215378)