Discoglossidae

Discoglossidae is a family of frogs. They are commonly known as the Disc-Tongued Frogs.Amphibian Species of the World uses the name Alytidae for this family in its fifth edition. They live in Europe but some species have been found in Northeastern Africa. An extinct species of the Discoglossidae family used to live in Israel.

The family has two genus. They include the Alytes and Discoglossus. The Discoglossus frogs looks very alike to toads and can be found on land. The Alytes are more smoother and look more like frogs. They are seen in the water. All of the species of the Discoglossidae will lay their eggs in ponds and will turn into tadpoles.

 Species 
The genus Bombina and Barbourula also used to be under this family but have now been moved to the Bombinatoridae family,

Family Discoglossidae
 Genus Alytes
 Alytes cisternasii - Iberian Midwife Toad
 Alytes dickhilleni - Southern Midwife Toad
 Alytes maurus - Moroccan Midwife Toad
 Alytes muletensis - Majorcan Midwife Toad
 Alytes obstetricans - Common Midwife Toad
 Genus Discoglossus
 Discoglossus galganoi - West Iberian Painted Frog
 Discoglossus jeanneae - Spanish Painted Frog
 Discoglossus montalenti - Corsican Painted Frog
 Discoglossus nigriventer - Israel Painted Frog
 Discoglossus pictus - Common Painted Frog
 Discoglossus sardus - Tyrrhenian Painted Frog
 Genus †Enneabatrachus (prehistoric)
 †Enneabatrachus hechti

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Category:Frogs of Europe
Category:Frogs of Africa