''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
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