Latonia Temporal range:
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Latonia nigriventer | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alytidae |
Genus: |
Latonia Meyer, 1843 |
Type species | |
†Latonia seyfriedi Meyer, 1843
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Species | |
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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) spanning across Europe. [3] [4] [5]
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 |
Latonia Temporal range:
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Latonia nigriventer | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alytidae |
Genus: |
Latonia Meyer, 1843 |
Type species | |
†Latonia seyfriedi Meyer, 1843
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Species | |
See text |
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) spanning across Europe. [3] [4] [5]
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 |