Alytidae
Family of amphibians
title: "Alytidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["archaeobatrachia", "painted-frogs", "extant-late-jurassic-first-appearances", "taxa-named-by-leopold-fitzinger", "amphibian-families", "fauna-of-the-palearctic-realm"] description: "Family of amphibians" topic_path: "general/archaeobatrachia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alytidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Family of amphibians ::
| image = AlytesObstet.jpg | image_caption = Alytes obstetricans | fossil_range = | taxon = Alytidae | synonyms = Discoglossidae Günther, 1859 | authority = Fitzinger, 1843 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Genus Alytes
Genus Discoglossus
Genus Latonia
| range_map = Discoglossidae distrib.PNG | range_map_caption = Distribution of Discoglossidae (in black)
The Alytidae are a family of primitive frogs. Their common name is painted frogs or midwife toads. Most are endemic to Europe, but three species occur in northwest Africa, and a species formerly thought to be extinct is found in Israel.
This family is also known as Discoglossidae, but the older name Alytidae has priority and is now recognized by major reference works.
Genera and species
The family contains three extant genera, Alytes, Discoglossus, and Latonia. The first is somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The second is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water. The third genus was until recently considered extinct, and is represented by the recently rediscovered Hula painted frog. All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpoles.
The genera Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family, but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae.
Extant genera
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| Image | Genus | Species |
|---|---|---|
| [[File:Benny Trapp Alytes cisternasii.jpg | 175px]] | Alytes Wagler, 1830 |
| [[File:BennyTrapp Cädiz-Scheibenzüngler bzw Iberischer Scheibenzüngler Discoglossus (galganoi) jeannaea.jpg | 175px]] | Discoglossus Otth, 1837 |
| [[File:PikiWiki Israel 79040 latonia nigriventer.jpg | 175px]] | Latonia Meyer, 1843 |
| :: |
Extinct genera
Family Alytidae
- Genus †Enneabatrachus (prehistoric)
- †Enneabatrachus hechti
- Genus †Aralobatrachus (prehistoric)
- †Aralobatrachus robustus
- Genus †Callobatrachus (prehistoric)
- †Callobatrachus sanyanensis
- Genus †Bakonybatrachus (prehistoric)
- †Bakonybatrachus fedori
- Genus †Eodiscoglossus (prehistoric)
- †Eodiscoglossus oxoniensis
- †Eodiscoglossus santonjae File:Benny Trapp Alytes cisternasii.jpg|Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii) File:Discoglossus galganoi rechts.jpg|Iberian or Portuguese painted frog (Discoglossus galganoi) File:Latonia seyfriedi 001.jpg|Fossil discoglossid from Miocene (†Latonia seyfriedi)
References
- {{cite journal | last1 = San Mauro | first1 = Diego | title = Phylogenetic relationships of discoglossid frogs (Amphibia:Anura:Discoglossidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes | doi = 10.1016/j.gene.2004.10.001 | journal = Gene | volume = 343 | pages = 357–366 |date=December 2004 | first2 = Mario |last2=Garcia-Paris |first3=Rafael |last3=Zardoya | pmid = 15588590 | issue = 2
- {{cite journal | last1 = San Mauro | first1 = Diego | title = Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea | jstor = 10.1086/429523 | journal = American Naturalist | volume = 165 | pages = 590–599 |date=May 2005 | first2 = Miguel |last2=Vences |first3=Marina |last3=Alcobendas |first4=Rafael |last4=Zardoya |first5=Axel |last5=Meyer | doi = 10.1086/429523 | pmid = 15795855 | issue = 5 |url=https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/3880726/39160_170248y.pdf}}
References
- Foster, J. (2007). "''Enneabatrachus hechti''" ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World''. Indiana University Press. p. 137.
- Frost, Darrel R.. (2014). "Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843". American Museum of Natural History.
- {{ITIS
- (2014). "Alytidae". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb.
- (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa.
- (2017-03-14). "A New Crown-Group Frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Early Cretaceous of Northeastern Inner Mongolia, China". American Museum Novitates.
- Zweifel, Richard G.. (1998). "Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians". Academic Press.
- Frost, Darrel R.. (2014). "Bombinatoridae Gray, 1825". American Museum of Natural History.
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