Pristimantis ashaninka Lehr & Moravec, 2017
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pristimantis ashaninka is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in the Pui Pui Protection Forest in central Peru. It is 23 to 26 millimeters long, and is characterized by containing small conical tubercles in its skin, giving a spiny appearance, and by having no tympanic membrane. The species was described in 2017 after morphological and genetic analyses and was named Pristimantis ashaninka in honor of the indigenous people Asháninka, who live in the regions near the protection forest. The species was listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a least-concern species. There is still no information about its behavior and/or reproduction, but it is assumed that the tadpoles have direct development, as this is a common characteristic of the genus.
Wikipedia contributors, Pristimantis ashaninka; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:56:31.473219+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pristimantis ashaninka Lehr & Moravec, 2017
- Name authority
- Lehr & Moravec, 2017
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Strabomantidae
- Genus
- Pristimantis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
- familyStrabomantidae Hedges, Duellman & Heinecke, 2008
- subfamilyPristimantinae Ohler & Dubois, 2012
- genusPristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
- speciesPristimantis ashaninka Lehr & Moravec, 2017
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pristimantis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pristimantis aaptus (Lynch & Lescure, 1980) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis academicus Lehr, Moravec & Gagliardi-Urrutia, 2010 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis acatallelus (Lynch & Ruiz-Carranza, 1983) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis acerus (Lynch & Duellman, 1980) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis achatinus (Boulenger, 1898) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis actinolaimus (Lynch & Rueda-Almonacid, 1998) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis acuminatus (Shreve, 1935) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis acutirostris (Lynch, 1984) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis aemulatus (Ruiz-Carranza, Lynch & Ardila-Robayo, 1997) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis albujai Brito-M., Batallas-R. & Yánez-Muñoz, 2017 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis allpapuyu Yánez-Muñoz, Sánchez-Nivicela & Reyes-Puig, 2016 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pristimantis altae (Dunn, 1942) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1104536 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4MJ9R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.