Discoglossus

Discoglossus galganoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Alytidae
Genus: Discoglossus
Species (5): D. galganoi – D. montalentii – D. pictus – D. sardus – D. scovazzi

Name

Discoglossus Otth, 1837: 6

• Type species: Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Colodactylus Tschudi, 1845: 167
  • Type species: Colodactylus coerulescens Tschudi, 1845, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Otth, A. 1837. Beschreibung einer neuen europäischen Froschgattung, Discoglossus. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 1: 1–8.

Additional references

• Crochet, P.-A. & Dubois, A. 2006. Nomenclature of Discoglossus: the status of the nomina Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 and Discoglossus algirus Lataste, 1879 (Anura: Discoglossidae). Zootaxa 1335(1): 51–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1335.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Discoglossus access date 13 July 2008

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Eigentliche Scheibenzüngler
English: Painted Frogs
español: Sapillos pintojos
русский: Дискоязычные лягушки
ไทย: กบทาสี

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