Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Subclass: Lissamphibia Superorder: Batrachia Order: Anura Suborder: Archaeobatrachia Family: Discoglossidae Günther, 1859
Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black)
Species
Genus Alytes     Alytes cisternasii     Alytes dickhilleni     Alytes muletensis     Alytes obstetricans     Alytes maurus Genus Discoglossus     Discoglossus galganoi     Discoglossus jeanneae     Discoglossus montalenti     Discoglossus nigriventer     Discoglossus pictus     Discoglossus sardus

Discoglossidae, common name Disc-Tongued Frogs or Painted Frogs, is a family that contains two genera, Alytes and Discoglossus. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Vertebrates are members of the Subphylum Vertebrata, Chordates with backbones or spinal columns The grouping sometimes includes Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and The subclass Lissamphibia includes all recent Amphibians Extant amphibians fall into one of three orders - the Anura ( Frogs including Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and This article is about the block cipher algorithm For the ultrafast laser pulse measurement technique see Frequency-resolved optical gating. Archaeobatrachia is a suborder of Anura containing various primitive Frogs and Toads As the name literally suggests these are the most primitive frogs Midwife toads ( Alytes) are a genus of Frogs in the Discoglossidae family and are found in most of Europe and northwestern Africa UserPolbot. -->The Iberian Midwife Toad or Sapo Partero Ibérico ( Alytes cisternasii) is a species of UserPolbot. -->The Betic Midwife Toad or Sapo Partero Bético ( Alytes dickhilleni) is a species of UserPolbot. -->The Common Midwife Toad or Sapo Partero Común ( Alytes obstetricans) is a species of UserPolbot. -->The Crapaud Accoucheur ( Alytes maurus) is a species of Frog in the Discoglossidae Discoglossus is a genus of Frogs in the Discoglossidae family and are found in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, Israel and UserPolbot. -->The Iberian Painted Frog or Sapillo Pintojo Ibérico ( Discoglossus galganoi) is a species UserPolbot. -->The Spanish Painted Frog or Sapillo Pintojo Meridional ( Discoglossus jeanneae) is a species The Israel painted frog, Palestinian painted frog or Hula Painted Frog ( Discoglossus nigriventer) is an extinct amphibian, whose The Mediterranean Painted Frog ( Discoglossus pictus) is a species of Frog in the Discoglossidae family UserPolbot. -->The Tyrrhenian Painted Frog ( Discoglossus sardus) is a species of Frog in the Discoglossidae In Biological classification, family ( Latin Midwife toads ( Alytes) are a genus of Frogs in the Discoglossidae family and are found in most of Europe and northwestern Africa Discoglossus is a genus of Frogs in the Discoglossidae family and are found in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, Israel and The former are somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The latter is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water. Both are generally found in Europe and North-West Africa. Amphibian Species of the World uses name Alytidae for it in its fifth edition. This is a list of amphibians by Family It lists all families and subfamilies of amphibians and mentions the number of species in each of them

All discoglossidae have pond-like larvae. In Roman mythology, the larvae or lemures (singular lemur) were the spectres or spirits of the dead they were the malignant version of the

Note that the genera Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family but have now been moved to Bombinatoridae. The Fire-bellied Toads is a group comprising eight species of small Toads (typically 4-7cm in length belonging to the genus Bombina. Barbourula is a Genus of Amphibian commonly referred to as jungle toads. Bombinatoridae are often referred to as Fire-bellied toads ' because of their brightly colored ventral sides which show that they are highly toxic

Iberian or Portuguese Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi)

References

• 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. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  
• San Mauro, Diego; Miguel Vences, Marina Alcobendas, Rafael Zardoya and Axel Meyer (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist 165: 590-599.