''Batrachyla'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

s in the family

Batrachylidae Batrachylidae is a Family (biology), family of frogs from southern South America (Argentina and Chile). Before being recognized as a family, Batrachylidae was included as a subfamily (Batrachylinae) in the family Ceratophryidae; this is the taxon ...

. Sometimes known as the South American wood frogs, these frogs are distributed in southern South America (

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Species

There are five species in the genus: * '' Batrachyla antartandica'' Barrio, 1967 * '' Batrachyla fitzroya'' Basso, 1994 * '' Batrachyla leptopus'' Bell, 1843 * '' Batrachyla nibaldoi'' Formas, 1997 * '' Batrachyla taeniata'' (Girard, 1855)

References

Batrachylidae Amphibians of South America {{hyloidea-stub