Discoglossidae

Discoglossidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Recent[1]
Alytes obstetricans
Scientific classification
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] Most are endemic to Europe, but there are also three species in North-West Africa, and an extinct species formerly occurred in Israel.

The family contains two extant 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

References

  1. ^ a b c Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
  2. ^ Amphibian Species of the World uses the name Alytidae for this family in its fifth edition.
  3. ^ 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. 
Extant anuran families by suborder
Archaeobatrachia
Mesobatrachia
Neobatrachia