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Pristimantis
Genus of amphibians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1] With 596 described species (as of October 2022), the genus had more species than any other genus of vertebrate animals.[2] Many of these species genus are endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion in north-western South America.[3]
Quick Facts Pristimantis, Scientific classification ...
Pristimantis | |
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P. elegans, Colombia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Strabomantidae |
Subfamily: | Pristimantinae |
Genus: | Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870[1] |
Diversity | |
About 596 species, see list |
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