The Hula painted frog (also Israel painted frog or Palestinian painted frog) (Hebrew: עגולשון שחור-גחון) (agulashon sh’hor-gahon) (Discoglossus nigriventer) is an amphibian, thought to be extinct until one female specimen was found on 16 November 2011. It is endemic to the Lake Hula marshes in Israel.
The draining of Lake Hula and its marshes in the 1950s was thought to have led to the extinction of this frog, along with the cyprinid fish Acanthobrama hulensis and cichlid fish Tristramella intermedia. Only five individuals have been found prior to the draining of the lake and subsequent disappearance of the frog. Environmental improvements in the Hula reserve have been cited as a possible reason for the frog's re-emergence.
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