Discoglossidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of primitive frogs, with the common name Disc-Tongued Frogs. Most are endemic to Europe

Europe

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, but there are also three species in North-West Africa

Africa

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, and an extinct species formerly occurred in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

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The family contains two extant genera, Alytes and Discoglossus

Discoglossus

Discoglossus is a genus of frogs in the Discoglossidae family found in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, Israel, and perhaps Syria.-Species:...

. The former are somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The latter is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water. All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpole

Tadpole

A tadpole or polliwog is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad.- Appellation :...

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Species

The genera Bombina and Barbourula

Barbourula

Barbourula is a genus of amphibian commonly referred to as jungle toads. They are small toads of the fire-bellied toad family, Bombinatoridae, found in the Philippines and Borneo.- Species :...

also used to be under this family but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae

Bombinatoridae

Bombinatoridae are often referred to as Fire-bellied toads because of their brightly colored ventral sides, which show that they are highly toxic to humans. This family includes two genera, Barbourula and Bombina, both of which have flattened bodies.Bombina are warty, aquatic toads about in...

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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
  Discoglossus is a genus of frogs in the Discoglossidae family found in southern Europe, northwestern Africa, Israel, and perhaps Syria.-Species:...
  
  
  • Discoglossus galganoi - West Iberian Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus jeanneae - Spanish Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus montalenti
    Corsican Painted Frog
    The Corsican Painted Frog is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family.It is endemic to the island of Corsica that belongs to France.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers....
    
    - Corsican Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus nigriventer - Israel Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus pictus
    Discoglossus pictus
    The Mediterranean Painted Frog, Discoglossus pictus, is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It has 3 different subspecies, Discoglossus pictus pictus or Mediterranean Maltese Painted Frog, found at altitudes up to 1500m, Discoglossus pictus scovazzi or Mediterranean Moroccan Painted...
    
    - Common Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus sardus - Tyrrhenian Painted Frog
• Genus †Enneabatrachus
  Enneabatrachus
  Enneabatrachus hechti is an extinct species of an extinct genus of prehistoric frog known from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation. Its remains have been recovered from stratigraphic zone 5. One specimen has been recovered from Quarry 9 of Como Bluff in Wyoming and another specimen was later...
  
  (prehistoric)
  • †Enneabatrachus hechti