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).^[1]

Atelognathus
Atelognathus patagonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Batrachylidae
Genus:	Atelognathus Lynch, 1978
Type species
Batrachophrynus patagonicus Gallardo, 1962
Species
See text.

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]