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Fig. 9. Palmar view of hand (left) and plantar view of feet (right) of Discoglossus pictus (MVZ 

 186138). 



webbing between toes. Small inner metatarsal tubercle present. 

 Vomerine teeth in straight or sligthly curved series, narrowly 

 separated medially. Tongue disc-shaped. Skin smooth with small 

 glands on dorsum. 



Dorsal colour brownish, olivaceous, or grey. Dark temporal 

 band from snout to tympanum. On back, dark spots of irregular 

 shape and size, occasionally forming longitudinal stripes. Iris 

 golden or bronze coloured. Venter whitish or yellowish, 

 sometimes olivaceous red. Males with blackish corneous 

 excrescences on the throat, belly, and limbs. 



Variation 



The North African populations are considered conspecific 

 with those from Sicily, although they are sufficiently 

 differentiated to be included in the subspecies scovazzii 

 Camerano 1878. There is local variation in the proportion of 

 individuals with spots or stripes. 



Ecology 



Discoglossus pictus occurs from 20 to 2650 m in Morocco 

 and reaches 1000 m in Algeria. In Morocco it lives beside fresh 



