Spanish Painted Frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Discoglossidae |
Genus: | Discoglossus |
Species: | D. jeanneae |
Binomial name | |
Discoglossus jeanneae Busak, 1986 |
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The Spanish Painted Frog or Sapillo Pintojo Meridional (Discoglossus jeanneae) is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, sandy shores, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.