Latonia (frog)
Latonia is a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It contains only one extant species, the Hula painted frog[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 Early Pleistocene) in Europe.[3][4]
Latonia Temporal range: | |
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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 |
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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.
- Sorbelli, Leonardo; Andrea VILLA, undefined; Sergio GENTILI, undefined; Marco CHERIN, undefined; Giorgio CARNEVALE, undefined; Emanuel TSCHOPP, undefined; Massimo DELFINO, undefined (2021-06-21). "The Early Pleistocene ectothermic vertebrates of Pietrafitta (Italy) and the last Western European occurrence of Latonia Meyer, 1843". Comptes Rendus Palevol (26). doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a26. ISSN 1777-571X.
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