List of amphibians of Malta

Mediterranean painted frog

European green toad

Levant water frog

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

Superorder: Salientia

Order: Anura

• Suborder: Neobatrachia
  • Family: Alytidae
    • Genus: Discoglossus
      • Mediterranean painted frog (Discoglossus pictus) LC
  • Family: Bufonidae
    • Genus: Bufotes
      • European green toad (Bufotes viridis) LC
  • Family: Ranidae
    • Genus: Pelophylax
      • Levant water frog (Pelophylax bedriagae) LC

References

1. https://era.org.mt/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BioSnippet_35-Painted_Frog.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "List of AMPHIBIA species in Malta".
3. 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.
4. Genetic variation within Bufo viridis: evidence from mitochondrial 12S and 16S RRNA DNA sequences.
5. Cilia, Ryan (2016). An investigation of the vulnerability of the Maltese painted frog, 'Discoglossus pictus pictus' populations (bachelorThesis). University of Malta.
6. "Bufotes viridis". Amphibia Web.
7. "Discoglossus pictus". Amphibia Web.
8. "Pelophylax bedriagae". Amphibia Web.