{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lynchius flavomaculatus.jpeg | image_caption = ''Lynchius flavomaculatus'' | taxon = Lynchius | authority = Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008<ref name="Hedges et al. 2008"/> | type_species = ''Phrynopus parkeri'' | type_species_authority = Lynch, 1975 | diversity = 8 species (see text) }}
'''''Lynchius''''' is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae.<ref name=Frost/> The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch.<ref name="Hedges et al. 2008"/> The distribution of ''Lynchius'' is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.<ref name=Frost/>
==Taxonomy== The genus is relatively new; it was split off from ''Phrynopus'' in 2008 in order to resolve the paraphyly of that genus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Craugastoridae/Holoadeninae/Phrynopus |title=''Phrynopus'' Peters, 1873 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref> The sister taxon of ''Lynchius'' is ''Oreobates''.<ref name=Frost/>
==Description== ''Lynchius'' are relatively small frogs (snout–vent length up to {{convert|43|mm|abbr=on}} in ''Lynchius flavomaculatus'') with a narrow head, not as wide as body. Skin is smooth.<ref name="Hedges et al. 2008"/>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Lynchius'':<ref name=Frost/> * ''Lynchius flavomaculatus'' <small>(Parker, 1938)</small> * ''Lynchius megacephalus'' <small>Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgilés, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz, and Ron, 2019</small> * ''Lynchius nebulanastes'' <small>(Cannatella, 1984)</small> * ''Lynchius oblitus'' <small>Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016</small> * ''Lynchius parkeri'' <small>(Lynch, 1975)</small> * ''Lynchius simmonsi'' <small>(Lynch, 1974)</small> * ''Lynchius tabaconas'' <small>Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016</small> * ''Lynchius waynehollomonae'' <small>Venegas, García Ayachi, Ormeño, Bullard, Catenazzi, and Motta, 2021</small>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Lynchius |title=''Lynchius'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="Hedges et al. 2008">{{cite journal | author=Hedges, S. B. | author2=Duellman, W. E. | author3=Heinicke, M. P. |name-list-style=amp | year=2008 | title=New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation |journal=Zootaxa | volume=1737 | pages=1–182 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 |url=http://www.hedgeslab.org/pubs/196.pdf}}</ref> }}
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Category:Lynchius Category:Amphibians of South America Category:Amphibian genera Category:Taxa named by William Edward Duellman Category:Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges