Flectonotus

Flectonotus is a genus of frogs of the family Hemiphractidae.^[1][2] They are found on the Andes of northeastern Colombia and adjacent Venezuela as well as in Trinidad and Tobago.^[1][3]

Flectonotus
Flectonotus pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hemiphractidae
Genus:	Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Type species
Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893
Species
2 species (see text)

Taxonomy

The genus has been considered to include Fritziana, but the latter genus was recognized again in 2011.^[1][3] The former Flectonotus consisted of two geographically disjunctive components, one from northern South America (=Flectonotus, as understood today) and the other from southeastern Brazil (now Fritziana).^[3] The distinctiveness of these taxa is now well established and based on both molecular, behavioural, and morphological characters.^[1][3]

Species

There are two Flectonotus species:^[1][2]

• Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)
• Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)