Telmatobiinae

Telmatobiinae
Batrachyla taeniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Neobatrachia
Family:	Ceratophryidae
Subfamily:	Telmatobiinae Fitzinger, 1843
Genera
Batrachophrynus Telmatobius

Telmatobiinae was originally a large subfamily of leptodactylid frogs. The subfamily has since undergone extensive revision and most genera have been placed elsewhere. The remaining two genera present in this group have maintained the Telmatobiinae subfamily name but have been placed in a new family, Ceratophryidae. Their removal from the large and confusing Leptodactylidae family is based on genetic distinction. The original layout of the Telmatobiinae family is kept here for reference. All species in this subfamily are endemic to South America.

Old Genera

• Alsodes Bell, 1843.
• Atelognathus Lynch, 1978.
• Batrachophrynus Peters, 1873.
• Batrachyla Bell, 1843.
• Caudiverbera Laurenti, 1768.
• Eupsophus Fitzinger, 1843.
• Hylorina Bell, 1843.
• Insuetophrynus Barrio, 1970.
• Somuncuria Lynch, 1978.
• Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834.
• Telmatobufo Schmidt, 1952.

Present Genera

• Batrachophrynus Peters, 1873.
• Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834.

Redesignation

Many of the genera originally assigned to Telmatobiinae have since been moved to other families or subfamilies. Only two of the original genera are maintained in the present Telmatobiinae: Batrachophrynus and Telmatobius.

• Alsodes, Eupsophus, Hylorina, and Insuetophrynus have been placed in the Alsodinae subfamily within the Cycloramphidae family.
• Telmatobufo has been placed in the Calyptocephalellidae family.
• Atelognathus and Batrachyla have been placed in a new subfamily Batrachylinae within Ceratophryidae.
• Somuncuria has been moved to the family Leiuperidae.