Spanish Painted Frog

Spanish Painted Frog
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Discoglossidae
Genus:	Discoglossus
Species:	D. jeanneae
Binomial name
Discoglossus jeanneae Busak, 1986

The Spanish Painted Frog or Sapillo Pintojo Meridional (Discoglossus jeanneae) is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, sandy shores, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• Bosch, J., Tejedo, M., Lizana, M., Martínez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., García-París, M., Recuero Gil, E., Diaz Paniagua, C., Perez-Mellado, V. & Marquez, R. 2006. Discoglossus jeanneae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.