Pristimantinae Pyron and Wiens, 2011
Pristimantinae Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 580. Nomen nudum.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Honduras east through Central America through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Amazonian to Atlantic Forest Brazil and the Guianas; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada, Lesser Antilles.
Comment
Although this name was inadvertently coined as a nomen nudum, the content is clear. I employ the name because it will likely be validated in the near future for this putatatively monophyletic group (DRF).
Contained taxa
- Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 (3 sp.)
- Oreobates Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 (23 sp.)
- Phrynopus Peters, 1873 (25 sp.)
- Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (458 sp.)
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