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Atelognathus grandisonae
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Chaltenobatrachus is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Batrachylidae. The sole species, Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae, used to be included Atelognathus, which is considered the sister taxon of Chaltenobatrachus.
Species
Puerto Eden Frog
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBatrachylidae
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Atelognathus
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- species
- taxon name
- Atelognathus grandisonae
- taxon synonym of
- Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae
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Chaltenobatrachus is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Batrachylidae. The sole species, Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae, used to be included Atelognathus, which is considered the sister taxon of Chaltenobatrachus.
C. grandisonae (common name: Puerto Eden frog) is endemic to Patagonia, including both Chile and Argentina. It inhabits rainforest and wetlands of the southern fjordlands and Andes in Patagonia. It is known from just few localities: its type locality, Puerto Eden, Wellington Island, Chile, and two mainland sites in Argentina.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atelognathus grandisonae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.