''Batrachyla'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s in the family

Batrachylidae Batrachylidae is a 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 taxonomy still suggest ...

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

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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