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Discoglossidae
Fossil range: Late Jurassic to Recent^[1]

Alytes obstetricans

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lissamphibia
Superorder:	Batrachia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Archaeobatrachia
Family:	Discoglossidae Günther, 1859

Genera

Genus Alytes
Genus Discoglossus

Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black)

Discoglossidae is a family of primitive frogs, with the common name Disc-Tongued Frogs^[2]. They are native to Europe and North-West Africa.

The family contains two genera, Alytes and Discoglossus. The former are somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The latter is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water.^[3] All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpoles.

Species

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

Family Discoglossidae

Genus Alytes
- Alytes cisternasii - Iberian Midwife Toad
- Alytes dickhilleni - Southern Midwife Toad
- Alytes maurus - Morrocan Midwife Toad
- Alytes muletensis - Majorcan Midwife Toad
- Alytes obstetricans' - Common Midwife Toad
Genus Discoglossus
- Discoglossus galganoi - West Iberian Painted Frog
- Discoglossus jeanneae
- Discoglossus montalenti - Corsican Painted Frog
- Discoglossus nigriventer - Israel Painted Frog
- Discoglossus pictus - Common Painted Frog
- Discoglossus sardus - Tyrrhenian Painted Frog
Genus †Enneabatrachus^[1]
- †Enneabatrachus hechti^[1]

Iberian or Portuguese Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
^ Amphibian Species of the World uses the name Alytidae for this family in its fifth edition.
^ Zweifel, Richard G. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

San Mauro, Diego; Mario Garcia-Paris and Rafael Zardoya (December 2004). "Phylogenetic relationships of discoglossid frogs (Amphibia:Anura:Discoglossidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes". Gene 343: 357–366. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2004.10.001.
San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea" (^{[dead link]} – ^{Scholar search}). American Naturalist 165: 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/journal/issues/v165n5/40546/40546.html.

v • d • e Extant anuran families by suborder

Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Subphylum Craniata · Superclass Tetrapoda · Class Amphibia

Archaeobatrachia	Ascaphidae · Bombinatoridae · Discoglossidae · Leiopelmatidae

Mesobatrachia	Megophryidae · Pelobatidae · Pelodytidae · Pipidae · Scaphiopodidae · Rhinophrynidae

Neobatrachia	Amphignathodontidae · Aromobatidae · Arthroleptidae · Brachycephalidae · Bufonidae · Centrolenidae · Dendrobatidae · Heleophrynidae · Hemisotidae · Hylidae · Hyperoliidae · Leptodactylidae · Mantellidae · Microhylidae · Myobatrachidae · Petropedetidae · Ranidae · Rhacophoridae · Rhinodermatidae · Sooglossidae

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