Atelognathus Explained

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).^[1]

Species

There are seven species in the genus:^[1]

• Atelognathus nitoi (Barrio, 1973)
• Atelognathus patagonicus (Gallardo, 1962)
• Atelognathus praebasalticus (Cei and Roig, 1968)
• Atelognathus reverberii (Cei, 1969)
• Atelognathus solitarius (Cei, 1970)

Formerly, Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae was also included in this genus (as Atelognathus grandisonae), before being moved to its own monotypic genus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atelognathus Lynch, 1975 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 22 January 2014.
2. Web site: Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae (Lynch, 1975) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 22 January 2014.