Oreobates quixensis
| Oreobates quixensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Subfamily: | Holoadeninae |
| Genus: | Oreobates |
| Species: | O. quixensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ischnocnema quixensis (Jiménez de la Espada, 1872) | |
Oreobates quixensis (common name: common big-headed frog) is a frog species in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2] It is a very common terrestrial frog of primary and secondary tropical moist forest, also to be found in clearings, open areas and banana groves.[1]
Description
Oreobates quixensis are large among the Oreobates with adults measuring 35–63 mm (1.4–2.5 in) in snout–vent length. The head is large and wider than long; the snout is short. The dorsum is pale brown to dark brown with purple tonalities and cream flecks; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small, sparse, prominent, and enlarged warts.[3]
Breeding is by direct development. Gravid females contain 15–51 eggs.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S.; Azevedo-Ramos, C.; Angulo, A.; Castro, F. & Rueda, J.V. (2004). "Oreobates quixensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ Padial, José M.; Chaparro, Juan C.; De La Riva, Ignacio (2008). "Systematics of Oreobates and the Eleutherodactylus discoidalis species group (Amphibia, Anura), based on two mitochondrial DNA genes and external morphology". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 152 (4): 737–773. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00372.x.