Oreobates quixensis

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Oreobates quixensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Oreobates
Species:
O. quixensis
Binomial name
Oreobates quixensis
Synonyms
  • Ischnocnema quixensis(Jiménez de la Espada, 1872)
  • Leptodactylus tuberculosusAndersson, 1945

Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. 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 species of the genus 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Ariadne Angulo, Fernando Castro, Jose Vicente Rueda (2004). "Oreobates quixensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T57105A11579455. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57105A11579455.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. 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 .