Pristimantis
| Pristimantis | |
|---|---|
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| P. cruentus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Genus: |
Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 |
| Diversity | |
| About 500 species, see text | |
Pristimantis is a very large frog genus distributed in the southern Caribbean (Lesser Antilles) and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 490 described species (as of 2014), Pristimantis had more species than any other genus of vertebrates on Earth. A large number of these species genus are endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion in northwestern South America.
Placement of this genus has varied greatly. Pristimantis was long included in the massive genus Eleutherodactylus, and considered part of the Leptodactylidae family. Currently two solutions prevail, either placing Pristimantis in the family Strabomantidae, subfamily Strabomantinae, or in Craugastoridae, subfamily Ceuthomantinae.
As of April 2017, there are 510 species, but new ones are being described on regular basis:
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