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Oreobates

Oreobates
Oreobates quixensis (15411369720).jpg
Oreobates quixensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Subfamily: Holoadeninae
Genus: Oreobates
Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
Type species
Oreobates quixensis
Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
Diversity
23 species (see text)
Synonyms

Teletrema Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937


Teletrema Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937

Oreobates is a frog genus of in the Craugastoridae family. Most species were formerly in the genus Ischnocnema, but were moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision. Its sister taxon is Lynchius.

These frogs are found in the lower slopes of the Andes into the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia south to northern Argentina and east into western Brazil.

Oreobates are small to medium-sized frogs with males measuring 20–44 mm (0.79–1.73 in) and females 25–63 mm (0.98–2.48 in) in snout–vent length. They are generally brownish in colour. Body is robust with a short snout. The toes lack discs and fingers have reduced or absent discs; there is no webbing.

Oreobates lay terrestrial eggs that undergo direct development.

There are 23 Oreobates species:


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