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Latonia nigriventer (Mendelssohn and Steinitz, 1943)
Discoglossus nigriventer Mendelssohn and Steinitz, 1943, Copeia, 1943: 231. Holotype: HUJ ("Amphib. Discogl., No. 1, Collection of the Dept. of Zool., Hebrew University, Jerusalem"). Type locality: "East shore of Lake Huleh (Northern District, Safed Subdistrict)", Israel.
Latonia nigriventer — Biton, Geffen, Vences, Cohen, Bailon, Rabinovich, Malka, Oron, Boistel, Brumfeld, and Gafny, 2013, Nature Commun., 2959(4: 1959): 3.
English Names
Israel Painted Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 51; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 51, USFWS).
Hula Painted Frog (Global Amphibian Assessment, 2006).
Distribution
Lake Huleh region, Israel.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Israel
Endemic: Israel
Comment
Biton, Geffen, Vences, Cohen, Bailon, Rabinovich, Malka, Oron, Boistel, Brumfeld, and Gafny, 2013, Nature Commun., 2959(4: 1959): 1-6, placed the species in the fossil genus Latonia and noted that it is the living sister taxon of Discoglossus. Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 137, provided a map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Discoglossus nigriventer). Perl, Gafny, Malka, Oliveira, Woodhams, Rollins-Smith, Pask, Bletz, Geffen, and Vences, 2017, Contrib. Zool., Amsterdam, 86: 11–37, discussed natural history and conservation. Perl, Gafny, Malka, Renan, and Vences, 2018, Herpetol. Notes, 11: 475–480, reported on post-metamorphic color pattern changes. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 41, for brief summary of identifying morphology and biology as well as a range map and photograph.
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