Lynchius
| Lynchius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Subfamily: | Holoadeninae |
| Genus: | Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975 | |
| Diversity | |
| 4 species (see text) | |
Lynchius is a small genus of frogs in the Craugastoridae family.[2] The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch.[1] The distribution of Lynchius is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.[2]
Taxonomy
The placement of Lynchius in Craugastoridae is a new arrangement and many earlier accounts put it in the Strabomantinae subfamily of the Strabomantidae family.[3][4][5] The genus itself is relatively new too: it was split off from Phrynopus in 2008 in order to resolve the paraphyly of that genus.[6] The sister taxon of Lynchius is Oreobates.[2]
Description
Lynchius are relatively small frogs (snout–vent length up to 43 mm (1.7 in) in Lynchius flavomaculatus) with a narrow head, not as wide as body. Skin is smooth.[1]
Species
There are four species in this genus:[2][5]
- Lynchius flavomaculatus (Parker, 1938)
- Lynchius nebulanastes (Cannatella, 1984)
- Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975)
- Lynchius simmonsi (Lynch, 1974)
References
- 1 2 3 Hedges, S. B., Duellman, W. E., and Heinicke, M. P (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1737: 1–182.
- 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 39–55.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 501.
- 1 2 "Strabomantidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Phrynopus Peters, 1873". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2014.