Discoglossus pictus, Otth, 1837

Sindaco, Roberto & Razzetti, Edoardo, 2021, An updated check-list of Italian amphibians and reptiles, Natural History Sciences 8 (2), pp. 35-46 : 40

13 Discoglossus pictus - Monotypic according to Zangari et al. (2006): “The little genetic differentiation detected among Algerian and Tunisian D. p. auritus with respect to Maltese and Sicilian D. p. pictus suggested a very recent isolation of Sicilian populations and did not support the necessity of a subspecific rank for D. p. auritus ”. Also, Stöck et al. (2015) recorded very close relationships between Sicilian and North African populations.