Latonia (frog)

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]

Latonia Temporal range: Oligocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Latonia nigriventer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Alytidae
Genus:	Latonia Meyer, 1843
Type species
†Latonia seyfriedi Meyer, 1843
Species
See text

Species

Binomial name and author	Common name
Latonia nigriventer Mendelssohn & Steinitz, 1943	Hula painted frog
†Latonia seyfriedi von Meyer, 1843
†Latonia gigantea (Lartet, 1851)
†Latonia vertaizoni (Friant, 1944)
†Latonia ragei Hossini 1993

L. seyfriedi fossil