Telmatobius

Taxobox
name = Water Toads

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image_width = 250px
image_description = Water toad from altiplan lakes in northern Chile
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Leptodactylidae
subfamilia = Telmatobiinae
genus = "Telmatobius"
genus_authority = Wiegmann, 1834
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Telmatobius" is a genus of frogs native to South America. It contains about 40 species, several of them endangered, often sought for their supposed aphrodisiac qualities.

The genus was first described by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1834.

Species

* "Telmatobius arequipensis" Vellard, 1955.
* "Telmatobius atacamensis" Gallardo, 1962.
* "Telmatobius atahualpai" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius brevipes" Vellard, 1951.
* "Telmatobius brevirostris" Vellard, 1955.
* "Telmatobius carillae" Morales, 1988.
* "Telmatobius ceiorum" Laurent, 1970.
* "Telmatobius chusmisensis" Formas, Cuevas & Nunez, 2006.
* "Telmatobius cirrhacelis" Trueb, 1979.
* "Telmatobius colanensis" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius contrerasi" Cei, 1977.
* "Telmatobius culeus" (Garman, 1875).
* "Telmatobius dankoi" Formas, Northland, Capetillo, Nuñez, Cuevas & Brieva, 1999.
* "Telmatobius degener" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius edaphonastes" De la Riva, 1995.
* "Telmatobius fronteriensis" Benavides, Ortiz & Formas, 2002.
* "Telmatobius gigas" Vellard, 1969.
* "Telmatobius halli" Noble, 1938.
* "Telmatobius hauthali" Koslowsky, 1895.
* "Telmatobius hockingi" Salas & Sinsch, 1996.
* "Telmatobius huayra" Lavilla & Ergueta-Sandoval, 1995.
* "Telmatobius hypselocephalus" Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
* "Telmatobius ifornoi" Lavilla & Sandoval, 1999.
* "Telmatobius ignavus" Barbour & Noble, 1920.
* "Telmatobius intermedius" Vellard, 1951.
* "Telmatobius jahuira" Lavilla & Ergueta-Sandoval, 1995.
* "Telmatobius jelskii" (Peters, 1873).
* "Telmatobius laticeps" Laurent, 1977.
* "Telmatobius latirostris" Vellard, 1951.
* "Telmatobius marmoratus" (Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
* "Telmatobius mayoloi" Salas & Sinsch, 1996.
* "Telmatobius necopinus" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius niger" Barbour & Noble, 1920.
* "Telmatobius oxycephalus" Vellard, 1946.
* "Telmatobius pefauri" Veloso M. & Trueb, 1976.
* "Telmatobius peruvianus" Wiegmann, 1834.
* "Telmatobius philippii" Cuevas & Formas, 2002.
* "Telmatobius pinguiculus" Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
* "Telmatobius pisanoi" Laurent, 1977.
* "Telmatobius platycephalus" Lavilla & Laurent, 1989.
* "Telmatobius rimac" Schmidt, 1954.
* "Telmatobius schreiteri" Vellard, 1946.
* "Telmatobius scrocchii" Laurent & Lavilla, 1986.
* "Telmatobius sibiricus" De la Riva & Harvey, 2003.
* "Telmatobius simonsi" Parker, 1940.
* "Telmatobius stephani" Laurent, 1973.
* "Telmatobius thompsoni" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius truebae" Wiens, 1993.
* "Telmatobius vellardi" Munsterman & Leviton, 1959.
* "Telmatobius vilamensis" Formas, Benavides & Cuevas, 2003.
* "Telmatobius yuracare" De la Riva, 1994.
* "Telmatobius zapahuirensis" Veloso, Sallaberry, Navarro, Iturra, Valencia, Penna & Diaz, 1982.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4498281.stm BBC News 4/29/05]
* [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=all&search_value=Telmatobius&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=html&search_credRating=All ITIS Report] ITIS