Atelognathus
Atelognathus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Batrachylidae |
Genus: | Atelognathus Lynch, 1978 |
Type species | |
Batrachophrynus patagonicus Gallardo, 1962 | |
Species | |
7, see text. |
Atelognathus is a genus of frogs in the Batrachylidae family. Sometimes known as the Patagonia frogs, these frogs are endemic to Patagonia (southernmost Argentina and Chile).[1]
Species
There are seven species in the genus:[1]
- Atelognathus ceii Basso, 1998
- Atelognathus nitoi (Barrio, 1973)
- Atelognathus patagonicus (Gallardo, 1962)
- Atelognathus praebasalticus (Cei and Roig, 1968)
- Atelognathus reverberii (Cei, 1969)
- Atelognathus salai Cei, 1984
- Atelognathus solitarius (Cei, 1970)
Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae used to be included in this genus (as Atelognathus grandisonae), before being moved to its own monotypic genus.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Atelognathus Lynch, 1975". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae (Lynch, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 January 2014.