Lynchius
Sign in to saveLynchius is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch. The distribution of Lynchius is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyCraugastoridae
Observations recorded533
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Lynchius flavomaculatus.jpeg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Lynchius
- taxon name
- Lynchius
- taxon common name
- Robber Frogs
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Lynchius is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch. The distribution of Lynchius is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.
==Taxonomy== The genus is relatively new; it was split off from Phrynopus in 2008 in order to resolve the paraphyly of that genus. The sister taxon of Lynchius is Oreobates.
Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Basque
- Cebuano
- Egyptian Arabic
- Hungarian
- Nederlands
- Polski
- Svenska
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Waray
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
Connections
Strabomantidae
Entity
Animalia
Entity
Anura
Entity
Amphibia
Entity
Chordata
Entity
Wikidata
Entity
biodiversity
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
taxonomy
Entity
Wikispecies
Entity
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Entity
Q82486
Entity
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Entity
paraphyly
Entity
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Entity
type species
Entity
iNaturalist
Entity
sister group
Entity
Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Entity
Phrynopus
Entity