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Yunganastes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Family
  
Craugastoridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anura

Subfamily
  
Ceuthomantinae

Similar
  
Psychrophrynella, Bryophryne, Phrynopus, Oreobates, Lynchius

Yunganastes is a small genus of craugastorid frogs distributed in southern Peru and Bolivia. They were formerly included in Eleutherodactylus (as Eleutherodactylus fraudator group), subsequently moved to Pristimantis, before becoming recognized as a separate subgenus, and finally, a genus. Its sister taxon is Pristimantis. Yunganastes are endemic to the cloud forests and humid montane forests of the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes in Bolivia and southern Peru.

Species

There are five species:

  • Yunganastes ashkapara (Köhler, 2000)
  • Yunganastes bisignatus (Werner, 1899)
  • Yunganastes fraudator (Lynch and McDiarmid, 1987)
  • Yunganastes mercedesae (Lynch and McDiarmid, 1987)
  • Yunganastes pluvicanorus (De la Riva and Lynch, 1997)
  • References

    Yunganastes Wikipedia