Oreobates
Encyclopedia
Oreobates is a frog
genus
of in the family
Strabomantidae
; it was formerly placed in the "Leptodactylidae
" assemblage. Most species
were formerly in the genus Ischnocnema
, but was moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01116p054f.pdf..
These frogs are found in western Brazil
, Bolivia
, Colombia
, Ecuador
, and Peru
.
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Strabomantidae
Strabomantidae
Strabomantidae is a family of frogs which are native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets".-Systematics:Holoadeninae*Barycholos*Bryophryne*Euparkerella*Holoaden...
; it was formerly placed in the "Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylidae is a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cenozoic era, or possibly at the end of the Mesozoic. There are roughly 50 genera, one of which is Eleutherodactylus, the largest vertebrate genus, with over 700 species...
" assemblage. Most species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
were formerly in the genus Ischnocnema
Ischnocnema
Frogs of the genus Ischnocnema form the southeast Brazil clade of species that have formerly been classified as Eleutherodactylus.Species* I. epipeda Heyer, 1984* I. erythromera Heyer, 1984* I. gualteri Lutz, 1974...
, but was moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01116p054f.pdf..
These frogs are found in western Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
Species
- Oreobates barituensis Vaira & Ferrari, 2008
- Oreobates choristolemma
- Oreobates cruralis
- Oreobates discoidalis
- Oreobates granulosus
- Oreobates heterodactylus
- Oreobates ibischi
- Oreobates lehri
- Oreobates madidi
- Oreobates pereger (formerly in PhrynopusPhrynopusPhrynopus is a polyphyletic genus of leptodactylid frogs. Until recently the frog Phrynopus pereger Lynch, 1975 was placed in this genus but a recent revision moved it to the genus Eleutherodactylus....
) - Oreobates quixensis
- Oreobates sanctaecrucis
- Oreobates sanderi
- Oreobates saxatilis
- Oreobates simmonsi
- Oreobates zongoensis