Iberian painted frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alytidae |
Genus: | Discoglossus |
Species: | D. galganoi
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Binomial name | |
Discoglossus galganoi Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo, 1985
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Synonyms | |
Discoglossus hispanicus Lataste, 1879 |
The Iberian painted frog (Discoglossus galganoi) is a species of frog in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It is found in Portugal and Spain, where its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, and grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.