Lynchius
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| Lynchius | |
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| Lynchius flavomaculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Subfamily: | Holoadeninae |
| Genus: | Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phrynopus parkeri Lynch, 1975 | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species (see text) | |
Lynchius is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae.[2] The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch.[1] The distribution of Lynchius is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.[2]