TheStrabomantidae,sometimes calledcloud forest landfrogs,are afamilyoffrogsnative to South America. These frogs lack a free-livinglarvalstage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets".[1][2]This family includesPristimantis,the most speciosegenusof anyvertebrate.[3]Based onmolecular dating,the Holoadeninae in particular appears to have originated in theEocene.[4]TheOligocene-Miocene transitionwas also found to be important to their biogeographical history.[4]However, the lack of Holoadeninae fossils and limitednucleotidedata ambiguates the results, by the authors' admission.[4]

Strabomantidae
Noblella pygmaea
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Brachycephaloidea
Family: Strabomantidae
Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

Systematics

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The following subfamilies and genera are in the family Strabomantidae.[5]

References

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  1. ^Lehr, Edgar; Catenazzi, Alessandro (2009). "A New Species of Minute Noblella (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Southern Peru: The Smallest Frog of the Andes".Copeia.2009:148–156.doi:10.1643/CH-07-270.S2CID86120577.
  2. ^"AmphibiaWeb – Strabomantidae".
  3. ^"Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 | Amphibian Species of the World".amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org.Retrieved3 September2022.
  4. ^abcChaves, Júlio C. M.; Hepp, Fábio; Schrago, Carlos G.; Mello, Beatriz (2 October 2024)."A time-calibrated phylogeny of the diversification of Holoadeninae frogs".Frontiers in Bioinformatics.4.doi:10.3389/fbinf.2024.1441373.ISSN2673-7647.PMC11480671.
  5. ^Frost, Darrel R.(2008)."Strabomantidae Hedges, Duellman, and Heinecke".Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York.Retrieved14 February2022.
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