''Lynchius'' is a genus of frogs in the family
Strabomantidae
The Strabomantidae, sometimes called cloud forest landfrogs, are a family of frogs native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes '' Pristimantis'', the mo ...
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[ The name honours herpetologist ]John D. Lynch
John D. Lynch (1882/1883 – December 10, 1963) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Early life
Lynch was born in Cambridge. At the age of 14 he began working as a pharmacy helper to help support his family ...
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Taxonomy
The genus is relatively new; it was split off from ''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 (Peru), Cordillera Orie ...
'' in 2008 in order to resolve the paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...
of that genus.sister taxon
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and ...
of ''Lynchius'' is ''Oreobates
''Oreobates'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. Most species were formerly in the genus ''Ischnocnema'', but were moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision. Its sister taxon is '' Lynchius''.
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Description
''Lynchius'' are relatively small frogs (snout–vent length up to in '' Lynchius flavomaculatus'') with a narrow head, not as wide as body. Skin is smooth.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Lynchius'':[
* '' Lynchius flavomaculatus'' (Parker, 1938)
* '' Lynchius megacephalus'' Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgilés, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz, and Ron, 2019
* '' Lynchius nebulanastes'' (Cannatella, 1984)
* '' Lynchius oblitus'' Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016
* '' Lynchius parkeri'' (Lynch, 1975)
* '' Lynchius simmonsi'' (Lynch, 1974)
* '' Lynchius tabaconas'' Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016
* '' Lynchius waynehollomonae'' Venegas, García Ayachi, Ormeño, Bullard, Catenazzi, and Motta, 2021
]
References
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Amphibians of South America
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by William Edward Duellman
Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges