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Amphibians are the most vulnerable vertebrates to biodiversity loss mediated by habitat destruction, climate change and diseases. Informed conservation management requires improving the taxonomy of anurans to assess reliably the species’ geographic range. The genus  Odontophrynus  that is geographically refined to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay includes currently 12 nominal species with many populations of uncertain taxonomic assignment and subsequently unclear geographic ranges. In this study, we applied integrative taxonomic methods combining molecular (mitochondrial 16S gene), allozyme, morphological and bioacoustic data to delimit species of the genus  Odontophrynus  sampled from throughout Argentina where most species occur. The combined evidence demonstrates one case of cryptic diversity and another of overestimation of species richness. The populations referred to as  O. americanus  comprise at least three species. In contrast,  O. achalensis  and  O. barrioi  represent junior synonyms of the phenotypically plastic species  O. occidentalis . We conclude that each of the four species occurring in Argentina inhabits medium to large areas. The Red List classification is currently “Least Concern”. We also propose a phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus and associated genera  Macrogenioglottus  and  Proceratophrys  (Odontophrynidae).

Integrative taxonomic reassessment ofOdontophrynuspopulations in Argentina and phylogenetic relationships within Odontophrynidae (Anura)