[3] Discoglossus pictus is found Mediterranean Africa in northeast Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia, in the islands of Sicily (Italy) and Malta; introduced populations exist in northeastern Spain and southwestern France.

The eggs have no common envelope and form a loose mass on the water surface or may sink to the bottom.

In Sicily, many populations are associated with man-made water bodies such as stone-sided cisterns, irrigation pipes, and canals in cultivated areas.

Populations from northeast of the Iberian Peninsula could be a threat to some native species of frogs, especially those with in they both occur in the same aquatic habitats.

[5] In North Africa, it is a very abundant species, especially in the subhumid northern regions, but its presence reaches pre-Saharan oases.