Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008
Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 109. Type species: Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975, by original designation.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru, 2215-3100 m elevation.
Comment
A close relative of Oreobates according to Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 109. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 86-90, for brief accounts of the Peruvian species. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, in their study of Genbank sequences, suggested this taxon to be the sister of Oreobates.
Contained taxa
- Lynchius flavomaculatus (Parker, 1938)
- Lynchius nebulanastes (Cannatella, 1984)
- Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975)
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