Iberian Painted Frog

Iberian Painted Frog
Iberian Painted Frog
Discoglossus galganoi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Discoglossidae
Genus: Discoglossus
Species: D. galganoi
Binomial name
Discoglossus galganoi
Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo, 1985
Synonyms

Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879

The Iberian Painted Frog or Sapillo Pintojo Ibérico (Discoglossus galganoi) is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, sandy shores, arable land, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.



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