''Latonia'' (genus)

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

See text.

Latonia is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It contains only one extant species[1] (Endemic in Israel and 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]

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: 717–751. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(94)80058-8.


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