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Genus of amphibians

Atelognathus
Atelognathus patagonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Batrachylidae
Genus: Atelognathus
Lynch, 1978
Type species
Batrachophrynus patagonicus
Gallardo, 1962
Species

See text.

Atelognathus is a genus of frogs in the family Batrachylidae. Sometimes known as Patagonia frogs, these frogs are endemic to Patagonia (southernmost Argentina and Chile).

Species

There are seven species in the genus:

Formerly, Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae was also included in this genus (as Atelognathus grandisonae), before being moved to its own monotypic genus.

References

  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.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Atelognathus


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