List of amphibians of Malta
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Endemic to the islands of Malta and Sicily, the Mediterranean painted frog is the only naturally occurring amphibian in the Maltese Islands.[1]
There are three species of amphibians in Malta.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Subclass: Lissamphibia
[edit]- Suborder: Neobatrachia
- Family: Alytidae
- Genus: Discoglossus
- Mediterranean painted frog (Discoglossus pictus) LC
- Genus: Discoglossus
- Family: Bufonidae
- Genus: Bufotes
- European green toad (Bufotes viridis) LC
- Genus: Bufotes
- Family: Ranidae
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Levant water frog (Pelophylax bedriagae) LC
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Family: Alytidae
References
[edit]- ↑ "Discoglossus pictus pictus - Painted Frog" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-26.
- ↑ "List of AMPHIBIA species in Malta".
- ↑ Papežík, Petr; Sciberras, Arnold; Benovics, Michal; Sciberras, Jeffrey; Deidun, Alain; Mikulíček, Peter (2024). "Far from home: tracing the origin of non-native water frogs (genus Pelophylax) in Malta by molecular markers". Biological Invasions. doi:10.1007/s10530-023-03228-8.
- ↑ Genetic variation within Bufo viridis: evidence from mitochondrial 12S and 16S RRNA DNA sequences.
- ↑ Cilia, Ryan (2016). An investigation of the vulnerability of the Maltese painted frog, 'Discoglossus pictus pictus' populations (bachelorThesis). University of Malta.
- ↑ "Bufotes viridis". Amphibia Web.
- ↑ "Discoglossus pictus". Amphibia Web.
- ↑ "Pelophylax bedriagae". Amphibia Web.
