Telmatobius

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iWater Frogs

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Leptodactylidae
Subfamily:	Telmatobiinae
Genus:	Telmatobius

Species

See text.

Telmatobius is a genus of frogs native to South America. It contains about 40 species, several of them are endangered species, often sought for their supposed aphrodisiac qualities.

The genus was first described by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1834.

[edit] Species

Telmatobius arequipensis Vellard, 1955.
Telmatobius atacamensis Gallardo, 1962.
Telmatobius atahualpai Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius brevipes Vellard, 1951.
Telmatobius brevirostris Vellard, 1955.
Telmatobius carillae Morales, 1988.
Telmatobius ceiorum Laurent, 1970.
Telmatobius chusmisensis Formas, Cuevas & Nunez, 2006.
Telmatobius cirrhacelis Trueb, 1979.
Telmatobius colanensis Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius contrerasi Cei, 1977.
Telmatobius culeus (Garman, 1875).
Telmatobius dankoi Formas, Northland, Capetillo, Nuñez, Cuevas & Brieva, 1999.
Telmatobius degener Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius edaphonastes De la Riva, 1995.
Telmatobius fronteriensis Benavides, Ortiz & Formas, 2002.
Telmatobius gigas Vellard, 1969.
Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938.
Telmatobius hauthali Koslowsky, 1895.
Telmatobius hockingi Salas & Sinsch, 1996.
Telmatobius huayra Lavilla & Ergueta-Sandoval, 1995.
Telmatobius hypselocephalus Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
Telmatobius ifornoi Lavilla & Sandoval, 1999.
Telmatobius ignavus Barbour & Noble, 1920.
Telmatobius intermedius Vellard, 1951.
Telmatobius jahuira Lavilla & Ergueta-Sandoval, 1995.
Telmatobius jelskii (Peters, 1873).
Telmatobius laticeps Laurent, 1977.
Telmatobius latirostris Vellard, 1951.
Telmatobius marmoratus (Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
Telmatobius mayoloi Salas & Sinsch, 1996.
Telmatobius necopinus Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius niger Barbour & Noble, 1920.
Telmatobius oxycephalus Vellard, 1946.
Telmatobius pefauri Veloso M. & Trueb, 1976.
Telmatobius peruvianus Wiegmann, 1834.
Telmatobius philippii Cuevas & Formas, 2002.
Telmatobius pinguiculus Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
Telmatobius pisanoi Laurent, 1977.
Telmatobius platycephalus Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
Telmatobius rimac Schmidt, 1954.
Telmatobius schreiteri Vellard, 1946.
Telmatobius scrocchii Laurent & Lavilla, 1986.
Telmatobius sibiricus De la Riva & Harvey, 2003.
Telmatobius simonsi Parker, 1940.
Telmatobius stephani Laurent, 1973.
Telmatobius thompsoni Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius truebae Wiens, 1993.
Telmatobius vellardi Munsterman & Leviton, 1959.
Telmatobius vilamensis Formas, Benavides & Cuevas, 2003.
Telmatobius yuracare De la Riva, 1994.
Telmatobius zapahuirensis Veloso, Sallaberry, Navarro, Iturra, Valencia, Penna & Diaz, 1982.