''Noblella'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. They are found on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. The name refers to

Gladwyn K. Noble Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (September 20, 1894 – December 9, 1940) was an American zoologist who served as the head curator for the department of herpetology and the department of experimental biology at the American Museum of Natural History. Nob ...

, who described the first species.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Noblella'' was originally erected to accommodate '' Sminthillus peruvianus'', but subsequently synonymized, first with '' Eleutherodactylus'' (1971) and then with '' Phrynopus'' (1975). ''Noblella'' was resurrected by De la Riva and colleagues in 2008. At the same time, the genus ''Phyllonastes'' was placed into synonymy with ''Noblella''. However, ''Noblella'', as currently defined, might still be polyphyletic.

Description

Species of the genus ''Noblella'' are small frogs measuring up to in snout–vent length. Head is no wider than the body. Tympanic membrane is differentiated except in '' Noblella duellmani''. Dorsum is pustulate or shagreen. Venter is smooth.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Noblella'':

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q93606 Strabomantidae Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera Taxa named by Thomas Barbour