Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Scientific name Telmatobiinae Rank Family | Phylum Chordata Suborder Neobatrachia Higher classification Hyloidea | |
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Subfamily Telmatobiinae
Fitzinger, 1843 Lower classifications Telmatobius, Telmatobius culeus, Alsodes, Batrachyla, Eupsophus | ||
The Telmatobiinae, water frogs, are a subfamily of frogs endemic to South America. Since 2011, it has usually been considered to be a family, Telmatobiidae.
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Telmatobiinae was originally a large subfamily of leptodactylid frogs. The subfamily has since undergone extensive revision, and most genera have been placed elsewhere. Their removal from the large and confusing Leptodactylidae family is based on genetic distinction. Only one genus, Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834, is left, making Telmatobiinae/Telmatobiidae monogeneric. Some sources, however, treat Batrachophrynus as a genus separate from Telmatobius.
Old genera
The original layout of the Telmatobiinae subfamily is presented here for reference.
Redesignation
Most of the genera originally assigned to Telmatobiinae have since been moved to other families. With Batrachophrynus included in Telmatobius, only one of the original genera are maintained in the present Telmatobiidae, namely the Telmatobius.