''Paratelmatobius'' 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

Leptodactylidae The southern frogs form the Leptodactylidae, a name that comes from Greek meaning a bird or other animal having slender toes. They are a diverse family of frogs that most likely diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous. The family has u ...

. They are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to southern Brazil.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Paratelmatobius '': AmphibiaWeb also lists ''Paratelmatobius pictiventris'', but

Amphibian Species of the World ''Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference'' (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range ...

considers it a synonym of '' Paratelmatobius gaigeae''.

References

Leptodactylidae Endemic frogs of Brazil Amphibian genera Taxa named by Bertha Lutz Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Leptodactylidae-stub