{{Short description|Extinct genus of temnospondyls}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Lopingian|Late Permian]], {{fossilrange|260.4|251.9}} | image = Peltobatrachus_BW.jpg | image_caption = ''Peltobatrachus pustulatus'' | taxon = Peltobatrachus | authority = Panchen, 1959<ref name="P59">{{cite journal |last1=Panchen |first1=Alec L. |title=A new armoured amphibian from the Upper Permian of East Africa |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences |date=1959 |volume=242 |issue=691 |pages=207–281 |doi=10.1098/rstb.1959.0005}}</ref> }}{{Distinguish|Pelobatrachus}} '''''Peltobatrachus''''' (from Greek ''pelte'', meaning shield and batrakhos, meaning frog) is an extinct genus of [[temnospondyl]] [[amphibian]] from the late [[Permian]] period of [[Tanzania]]. The sole species, ''Peltobatrachus pustulatus'', is also the sole member of the family '''Peltobatrachidae'''.
[[File:Peltobatrachus pustulatus.jpg|thumb|left|Life restoration of ''Peltobatrachus pustulatus''.]]
== Description == ''Peltobatrachus'' was a large, slow moving animal, up to {{convert|70|cm|ft}} in length. To protect itself against predators such as the large [[gorgonopsid]] [[therapsid]]s, it had developed an [[armadillo]]-like armored plating covering its body and tail. The armor consisted of broad plates on the shoulders and hips and narrower plates on the rest of the body.
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== Further reading == * {{Cite journal | last1 = Ruta | first1 = Marcello | last2 = Pisani | first2 = Davide | last3 = Lloyd | first3 = Graeme T | last4 = Benton | first4 = Michael J | authorlink4 = Michael Benton| title = A supertree of Temnospondyli: Cladogenetic patterns in the most species-rich group of early tetrapods | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2007.1250 | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 274 | issue = 1629 | pages = 3087–3095 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17925278| pmc = 2293949}}
{{Stereospondyli|S.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2603367}}
[[Category:Stereospondyli]] [[Category:Permian temnospondyls]] [[Category:Lopingian life]] [[Category:Permian amphibians of Africa]] [[Category:Permian Tanzania]] [[Category:Fossils of Tanzania]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1959]]