Latonia (frog)

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Latonia
Temporal range: Oligocene–Present
Israel painted frog.JPG
Latonia nigriventer
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alytidae
Genus: Latonia
Meyer, 1843
Type species
Latonia seyfriedi
Meyer, 1843
Species

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Latonia is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It contains only one extant species,[1] which is endemic to Israel and was originally classified in the genus Discoglossus,[2] though several fossil species are known from the Paleogene and Neogene periods (Upper Oligocene to Upper Pliocene) in Europe.[3]

Species[]

Binomial name and author Common name
Latonia nigriventer Mendelssohn & Steinitz, 1943 Israel painted frog or Hula painted frog
von Meyer, 1843
(Lartet, 1851)
(Friant, 1944)
Hossini 1993
L. seyfriedi fossil

References[]

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Latonia Meyer, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Latonia nigriventer (Mendelssohn and Steinitz, 1943)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ Rocek, Z. (1994). "Taxonomy and distribution of Tertiary discoglossids (Anura) of the genus Latonia v. Meyer, 1843" (PDF). Geobios. 27 (6): 717–751. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(94)80058-8.


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