The Strabomantidae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

s native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes ''

Pristimantis ''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. With 596 described species (as of October ...

'', the most speciose

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of any

vertebrate Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxon, taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () (chordates with vertebral column, backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the ...

Systematics

The following subfamilies and genera are in the family Strabomantidae. *Holoadeninae **''

Bahius ''Bahius'' is a genus of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It contains a single species, ''Bahius bilineatus''. It was long classified in the genus '' Eleutherodactylus'' in the family Eleuthrodactylidae, until later studies found it to form ...

'' Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 **''

Barycholos ''Barycholos'', common name Chimbo frogs, is a genus of small frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in south-eastern Brazil and tropical lowland Ecuador. The name ''Barycholos'', from the Greek ' ("savage"), is in honor of herpetologist Jay M. ...

'' Heyer, 1969 **'' Bryophryne'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **'' Euparkerella'' Griffiths, 1959 **''

Holoaden ''Holoaden'', the highland frogs, is a small genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. The species are endemic to south-eastern Brazil. Taxonomy ''Holoaden'' is the type genus of subfamily Holoadeninae that was erected in 2008 and placed i ...

'' Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 **''

Microkayla ''Microkayla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose ...

'' De la Riva, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, and Padial, 2017 **'' Noblella'' Barbour, 1930 **'' Psychrophrynella'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **''

Qosqophryne ''Qosqophryne'' is a genus of strabomantid frogs. These frogs are endemic to south-eastern Peru in the Cusco Region at 3270 to 3800 meters above sea level. A phylogenetic analysis found ''Qosqophryne'' as sister to the genus '' Microkayla'' and ...

'' Catenazzi, Mamani, Lehr, and von May, 2020 *Hypodactylinae **''

Niceforonia ''Niceforonia'' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in northern South America (from central Peru to Ecuador and Colombia). The name refers to Nicéforo María, Colombian herpetologist. Taxonomy the genus ''Niceforonia'' was re ...

'' Goin and Cochran, 1963 *Pristimantinae **''

Lynchius ''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 ...

'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 **'' Oreobates'' Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 **'' Phrynopus'' Peters, 1873 **''

'' Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 **'' Serranobatrachus'' Arroyo, Targino, Rueda-Solano, Daza-R., and Grant, 2022 **'' Tachiramantis'' Heinicke, Barrio-Amorós, and Hedges, 2015 **'' Yunganastes'' Padial, Castroviejo-Fisher, Köhler, Domic, and De la Riva, 2007 *Strabomantinae **'' Strabomantis'' Peters, 1863

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Amphibian families {{Strabomantidae-stub