#1902 · 🐸 amphibians

Corsican Painted Frog

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Schijftongkikker ·Discoglossus montalentii

NTnear threatened 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Ruedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Guillaume Labeyrie · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© arcar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© arcar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Corse, FR:© david e leo berton · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. France:© Daniele Seglie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Corsican painted frog ( Discoglossus montalentii ) is a species of frogs in the Alytidae family (formerly Discoglossidae).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 245iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
245 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Benedetto Lanza in 1984 (42 years ago).