Pristimantis
Pristimantis is a very large genus of frogs distributed in the southern Caribbean and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 546 described species, 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.Taxonomy
Placement of this genus has varied greatly. Pristimantis was long included in the massive genus Eleutherodactylus, and considered part of the family Leptodactylidae. Currently two solutions prevail, either placing Pristimantis in the family Strabomantidae, subfamily Strabomantinae, or in Craugastoridae, subfamily Ceuthomantinae.Species
As of October 2019, there are 546 species, but new ones are being described on regular basis:
