Oreobates choristolemma

Oreobates choristolemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Oreobates
Species: O. choristolemma
Binomial name
Oreobates choristolemma
(Harvey & Sheehy, 2005)
Synonyms

Ischnocnema choristolemma Harvey & Sheehy, 2005

Oreobates choristolemma is a frog species in the Craugastoridae family. It is endemic to Bolivia where it is known from its type locality, Serranía de Bella Vista in the Caranavi Province[2] as well as from Sud Yungas Province (both in La Paz Department) and from Chapare Province in the Cochabamba Department.[3]

Description

Oreobates choristolemma are robust frogs with adults measuring 27–46 mm (1.1–1.8 in) in snout–vent length. The head is large and wider than long; the snout is short. The dorsum is brown with darker markings; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small and large warts.[3]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is the humid Yungas forest. The altitudinal range is 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft) asl.[3] The frogs in the type locality were found on the ground near rocky seeps along a densely forested hillside parallel to a large river.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Harvey, M. (2006). "Oreobates choristolemma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oreobates choristolemma (Harvey and Sheehy, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 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.
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