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The Strabomantidae are a family of frogs native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets".[1][2] This family includes Pristimantis, the most speciose genus of any vertebrate.[3]

Systematics

The following subfamilies and genera are in the family Strabomantidae.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lehr, Edgar; Catenazzi, Alessandro (2009). "A New Species of Minute Noblella (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Southern Peru: The Smallest Frog of the Andes". Copeia. 2009: 148–156. doi:10.1643/CH-07-270. S2CID 86120577.
  2. ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Strabomantidae".
  3. ^ "Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2008). "Strabomantidae Hedges, Duellman, and Heinecke". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

External links

Data related to Strabomantidae at Wikispecies


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