Disc beater
The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.
The family Disc- (Discoglossidae) belongs to the order Anura (Anura). Their distribution ranges from north-west Africa across Europe to the Middle East. Several anatomical features separate them from other families, such as the toads (Bufonidae). As a primeval ("lower") frog ( Archaeobatrachia ) they still have real ribs. Your tongue is round, thick and mostly fused to the floor of the mouth. It can therefore not, as with "higher" frogs ( Neobatrachia ), be flicked out to catch prey. The amplexus at the mating season occurs in the lumbar region.
Systematics
In the past, toads and barbour frogs ( Barbourula ) were included in the Discoglossidae family . These are now treated as a separate family Bombinatoridae . Today, the species is still only discoglossus ( Discoglossus ) belongs to this family. Alternatively, there is the view that Discoglossidae just a synonym of Alytidae was, but in addition there in the case Discoglossus the midwife toads ( Alytes ) are grouped.
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Discoglossus
Otth , 1837 - Actual disc lobsters
- Discoglossus galganoi Capula, Nascetti, Lanza, Bullini & Crespo , 1985 - Iberian disc beater
- Discoglossus jeanneae Busack , 1986 - Cädiz-Scheibenzüngler
- Discoglossus montalentii Lanza, Nascetti, Capula & Bullini , 1984 - Corsican disc beater
- Discoglossus pictus Otth , 1837 - Painted Scheibenzüngler
- Discoglossus sardus Tschudi in Otth , 1837 - Sardinian disc beater
- Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano , 1878 - Moroccan disc beater
The Israeli disc beater was transferred to the genus Latonia within the family of Alytidae in 2012 .
