Latonia (frog)

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Latonia
Temporal range: Oligocene–Present
Latonia nigriventer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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, the Hula painted frog[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 Early Pleistocene) spanning across Europe.[3][4][5]

Species

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