Batrachylidae is a
family
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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 from southern
South America
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(
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 ...
). Before being recognized as a family, Batrachylidae was included as a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
(Batrachylinae) in the family
Ceratophryidae
The Ceratophryidae, also known as common horned frogs, are a family of frogs found in South America. It is a relatively small family with three extant genera and 12 species. Despite the common name, not all species in the family have the horn-like ...
;
this is the taxonomy still suggested by the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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(ITIS).
Species
There are four genera in the family:
[
*'']Atelognathus
''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:
* '' Atelognathus nitoi' ...
'' Lynch, 1978 (5 species)
*''Batrachyla
''Batrachyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Batrachylidae. Sometimes known as the South American wood frogs, these frogs are distributed in southern South America (Argentina and Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a coun ...
'' Bell, 1843 (5 species)
*''Chaltenobatrachus
''Chaltenobatrachus'' is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of frogs in the family Batrachylidae. The sole species, ''Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae'', used to be included ''Atelognathus'', which is considered the sister taxon of ''Chaltenobatrach ...
'' Basso, Úbeda, Bunge, and Martinazzo, 2011 (1 species)
*''Hylorina
''Hylorina sylvatica'' (also known as the Emerald forest frog, or in Spanish, sapo arboreo) is a species of frog in the family Batrachylidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Hylorina''. It is found in Argentina and Chile. This species is endem ...
'' Bell, 1843 (1 species)
References
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