| Tyrrhenian Painted Frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Discoglossidae |
| Genus: | Discoglossus |
| Species: | D. sardus |
| Binomial name | |
| Discoglossus sardus Tschudi, 1837 |
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The Tyrrhenian Painted Frog (Discoglossus sardus) is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is found in Sardinia, Corsica and Tuscan Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss. The population of this frog is decreasing quickly because, there is loss of water and wood where they live.