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#1874 · 🐸 amphibians

Iberian Painted Frog

🇳🇱 Iberische schijftongkikker ·Discoglossus galganoi

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Iberian Painted Frog, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Iberian painted frog ( Discoglossus galganoi , in Spanish sapillo pintojo ibérico ) 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.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,858iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 2,858 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Iberian Painted Frog
Nederlands
Iberische schijftongkikker
scientific name
Discoglossus galganoi
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Alytidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
2,753
sightings worldwide
2,858
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Alytidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 24480, Wikidata Q1518297, GBIF 2426616, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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