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Rain and Robber Frogs
Pristimantis
Pristimantis is a very large genus of frogs distributed in the southern Caribbean (Lesser Antilles) and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 570 described species (as of June 2021), Pristimantis had more species than any other genus of vertebrate animals. Many of these species genus are endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion in northwestern South America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 628 known species
Cachabi Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis achatinus
Pygmy Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis ridens
Striped Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis unistrigatus
Rough-eyelid Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis trachyblepharis
Golden-groined Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis cruentus
Rio Mamore Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis fenestratus
Rio Coca Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis quaquaversus
Diadem Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis diadematus
Clay-colored Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis cerasinus
Sipaliwini Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis zeuctotylus
Gaige's Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis gaigei
Labiated Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis labiosus
Paraiba Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis ramagii
W Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis w-nigrum
Brownberg Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis chiastonotus
Metallic Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis lanthanites
Palmer's Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis palmeri
Santa Rosa Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis incomptus
Pinocchio Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis appendiculatus
Reichle's Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis reichlei
Pristimantis paisa
speciesPristimantis paisa
Banded Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis taeniatus
Lesser Antilles Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis urichi
Upper Amazon Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis altamazonicus
Yellow-groined Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis luteolateralis
Pristimantis relictus
speciesPristimantis relictus
Marbled Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis ventrimarmoratus
Jatun Sacha Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis kichwarum
Headwaters Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis altamnis
Santa Cecilia Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis croceoinguinis
Bogota Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis bogotensis
Chirping Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis conspicillatus
Disc Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis latidiscus
Ruddy Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis rubicundus
Green Forest Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis omeviridis
Lesser Pilalo Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis actites
Northern Cordilleras Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis thectopternus
Malli's Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis mallii
Colombian Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis erythropleura
Andersson Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis brevicrus
Lyman's Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis lymani
Andean Orange-thighed Frog
speciesPristimantis permixtus
Tearful Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis lacrimosus
Charlotteville Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis charlottevillensis
Moss Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis eriphus
Puyo Rubber Frog
speciesPristimantis katoptroides
Watchful Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis nyctophylax
James Peters' Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis petersioides
Pristimantis penelopus
speciesPristimantis penelopus
La Loma Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis caryophyllaceus
Luscombe's Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis luscombei
Minute Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis parvillus
Long-headed Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis prolatus
Spring Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis crenunguis
Pachitea Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis toftae
Goblin Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis sobetes
Lonely Rainfrog
speciesPristimantis eremitus
Elegant Robber Frog
speciesPristimantis elegans
Carabaya Rain Frog
speciesPristimantis ockendeni
Pristimantis medemi
speciesPristimantis medemi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 64811.