#1889 · 🐸 amphibians

Tyrrhenian Painted Frog

🇳🇱 Sardijnse Schijftongkikker ·Discoglossus sardus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © leonardbolte · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Cagliari, Sardegna, IT:© Edouard Veuillet · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Italy:© Arnau Bosch Guiu · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Cagliari, Sardegna, IT:© jvdwinden · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sardegna, IT:© Petra Cattano · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. France:© Daniele Seglie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Tyrrhenian painted frog ( Discoglossus sardus ) is a species of frog in the Alytidae family (formerly Discoglossidae). It is found in Sardinia, Corsica and the Tuscan Archipelago.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 576iNaturalist 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.
576 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1837 (189 years ago).