Paratelmatobius

Paratelmatobius
Paratelmatobius poecilogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Paratelmatobiinae
Genus: Paratelmatobius
Lutz and Carvalho, 1958
Type species
Paratelmatobius lutzii
Lutz and Carvalho, 1958
Diversity
6 species (see text)

Paratelmatobius is a genus of frogs in the Leptodactylidae family. They are endemic to southern Brazil.[1]

Species

There are six species:[1]

Binomial Name and AuthorCommon Name
Paratelmatobius cardosoi Pombal & Haddad, 1999
Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Cochran, 1938) Gaige's rapids frog
Paratelmatobius lutzii Lutz & Carvalho, 1958 Lutz's rapids frog
Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal & Haddad, 1999
Paratelmatobius poecilogaster Giaretta & Castanho, 1990 San Andre rapids frog
Paratelmatobius yepiranga Garcia, Berneck, and Costa, 2009

AmphibiaWeb also lists Paratelmatobius pictiventris,[2] but Amphibian Species of the World considers it a synonym of Paratelmatobius gaigeae.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Paratelmatobius Lutz and Carvalho, 1958". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Cochran, 1938)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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