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
Temporal range: Oligocene–Present
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 authorCommon name
Latonia nigriventer Mendelssohn & Steinitz, 1943Israel 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.
  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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