Lynchius

Lynchius is a small genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae. 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 Peru.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Parker's Andes Frog

speciesLynchius parkeri

Lynchius waynehollomonae

speciesLynchius waynehollomonae

Canchaque Andes Frog

speciesLynchius nebulanastes

Yellow-spotted Andes Frog

speciesLynchius flavomaculatus

Big-headed Rainfrog

speciesLynchius megacephalus

Lynchius oblitus

speciesLynchius oblitus

Simmons' Big-headed Frog

speciesLynchius simmonsi

Lynchius tabaconas

speciesLynchius tabaconas

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64791.