Discoglossidae

Discoglossidae is a family of frogs. They are commonly known as the Disc-Tongued Frogs.[1] They live in Europe but some species have been found in Northeastern Africa. An extinct species of the Discoglossidae family used to live in Israel.

Discoglossidae
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Alytes obstetricans
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Discoglossidae

Günther, 1859
Genera

Genus Alytes
Genus Discoglossus
   

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Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black)

The family has two genus. They include the Alytes and Discoglossus. The Discoglossus frogs looks very alike to toads and can be found on land. The Alytes are more smoother and look more like frogs. They are seen in the water.[2] All of the species of the Discoglossidae will lay their eggs in ponds and will turn into tadpoles.

Species

The genus Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae family,

Family Discoglossidae

Discoglossidae Media

References

  1. Amphibian Species of the World uses the name Alytidae for this family in its fifth edition.
  2. Zweifel, Richard George (1998). Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-12-178560-2. OCLC 39559811.

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