Latonia (genus)
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]
| Latonia | |
|---|---|
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| Latonia nigriventer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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