Noblella

Noblella is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. They are found on the eastern slopes of the Andes and in the Amazon Basin in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. The name refers to Gladwyn K. Noble, who described the first species.

Taxonomy
The genus Noblella was originally erected to accommodate Sminthillus peruvianus, but subsequently synonymized, first with Eleutherodactylus (1971) and then with Phrynopus (1975). Noblella was resurrected by De la Riva and colleagues in 2008. At the same time, the genus Phyllonastes was placed into synonymy with Noblella. However, Noblella, as currently defined, might still be polyphyletic.

Description
Species of the genus Noblella are small frogs measuring up to 22 mm in snout–vent length. Head is no wider than the body. Tympanic membrane is differentiated except in Noblella duellmani. Dorsum is pustulate or shagreen. Venter is smooth.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Noblella: • Noblella carrascoicola (De la Riva and Köhler, 1998)

• Noblella coloma Guayasamin and Terán-Valdez, 2009

• Noblella duellmani (Lehr, Aguilar, and Lundberg, 2004)

• Noblella heyeri (Lynch, 1986)

• Noblella lochites (Lynch, 1976)

• Noblella losamigos Santa Cruz, von May, Catenazzi, Whitcher, López Tejeda, and Rabosky, 2019

• Noblella lynchi (Duellman, 1991)

• Noblella madreselva Catenazzi, Uscapi and von May, 2015

• Noblella mindo Reyes-Puig, Guayasamin, Koch, Brito-Zapata, Hollanders, Costales, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2021

• Noblella myrmecoides (Lynch, 1976)

• Noblella naturetrekii Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Ron, Ortega, Guayasamin, Goodrum, Recalde, Vieira, Koch, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2019

• Noblella personina Harvey, Almendáriz, Brito-M., and Batallas-R., 2013

• Noblella peruviana (Noble, 1921)

• Noblella pygmaea Lehr and Catenazzi, 2009

• Noblella ritarasquinae (Köhler, 2000)

• Noblella thiuni Catenazzi and Ttito, 2019

• Noblella worleyae Reyes-Puig, Maynard, Trageser, Vieira, Hamilton, Lynch, Culebras, Kohn, Brito, and Guayasamin, 2020