The Strabomantidae are a

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s native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes ''

Pristimantis ''Pristimantis'' is a very large genus of frogs distributed in the southern Caribbean islands (Lesser Antilles) and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 596 described species (as of October 20 ...

'', the most speciose

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Systematics

The following subfamilies and genera are in the family Strabomantidae. *Holoadeninae **'' Bahius'' Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 **'' Barycholos'' Heyer, 1969 **''

Bryophryne ''Bryophryne'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. These frogs are endemic to south-eastern Peru in the Cusco Region, with an undescribed species from the Puno Region. Their range is separated from that of '' Phrynopus'' by the Ap ...

'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **''

Euparkerella ''Euparkerella'', sometimes known as Guanabara frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. They are endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests in the south-eastern Brazilian states of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. The name ''Eupa ...

'' Griffiths, 1959 **'' Holoaden'' Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 **'' Microkayla'' De la Riva, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, and Padial, 2017 **''

Noblella ''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 in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. The name refers to Gladwyn K. Noble, who described ...

'' Barbour, 1930 **''

Psychrophrynella ''Psychrophrynella'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae The genus is distributed on the Andes of southern Peru and Bolivia. One of the four species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is assessed as ...

'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **''

Qosqophryne ''Qosqophryne'' is a genus of strabomantid frogs. These frogs are endemic to south-eastern Peru in the Cusco Region at 3270 to 3800 meters above sea level. A phylogenetic analysis found ''Qosqophryne'' as sister to the genus '' Microkayla'' and ...

'' Catenazzi, Mamani, Lehr, and von May, 2020 *Hypodactylinae **'' Niceforonia'' Goin and Cochran, 1963 *Pristimantinae **'' Lynchius'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **'' Oreobates'' Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 **''

Phrynopus ''Phrynopus'' is a genus of frogs of the family Strabomantidae. Their common name is Andes frogs. They are endemic to Peru and inhabit the upper humid montane forest and supra-treeline grassland in the Cordillera Oriental, with one record from ...

'' Peters, 1873 **''

'' Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 **''

Serranobatrachus ''Serranobatrachus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. They are endemic to the cloud forests and páramo Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ec ...

'' Arroyo, Targino, Rueda-Solano, Daza-R., and Grant, 2022 **''

Tachiramantis ''Tachiramantis'' is a genus of strabomantid frogs. These frogs are endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms t ...

'' Heinicke, Barrio-Amorós, and Hedges, 2015 **''

Yunganastes ''Yunganastes'' is a small genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in southern Peru and central to northern Bolivia. They were formerly placed in the genus ''Eleutherodactylus'' as the "''Eleutherodactylus fraudator'' group", subsequent ...

'' Padial, Castroviejo-Fisher, Köhler, Domic, and De la Riva, 2007 *Strabomantinae **''

Strabomantis ''Strabomantis'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. At times these frogs have been included in the large genus ''Eleutherodactylus ''Eleutherodactylus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae.Hedges, S. B., W. E ...

'' Peters, 1863

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Amphibian families {{Strabomantidae-stub