Pristimantis
| Pristimantis | |
|---|---|
| P. elegans, Colombia | |
| (A) Pristimantis acuminatus, (B) Pristimantis limoncochensis, (C) Pristimantis enigmaticus, (D) Pristimantis omeviridis, (E) unknown species and (F) Pristimantis nankint. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Subfamily: | Pristimantinae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Pristimantis galdi Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
| |
| Diversity | |
| About 620 species, see list | |
Pristimantis is a very speciose genus of frogs distributed in the southern Caribbean islands (Lesser Antilles) and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 626 described species (as of February 2026), the genus has more species than any other vertebrate genus. Many of these species are endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion in north-western South America.