Oreobates pereger

Oreobates pereger (Ayacucho Andes frog) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Vilcabamba mountain ranges.[2][3]

Oreobates pereger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Oreobates
Species:
O. pereger
Binomial name
Oreobates pereger
(Lynch, 1975)[2]
Synonyms

Phrynopus pereger Lynch, 1975
Eleutherodactylus pereger (Lynch, 1975)

Description

Male Oreobates pereger grow to a snout–vent length of 21–25 mm (0.83–0.98 in) and females to 24–32 mm (0.94–1.26 in). The skin of dorsum and venter is smooth and with dark gray, reddish-brown, or dark gray-brown ground colour. The flanks are yellowish brown to dull yellow with an orange suffusion ventrally.[4]

Eggs are large and yellow, up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. Fecundity is about 18–20.[4]

Habitat and conservation

Oreobates pereger is a terrestrial frog inhabiting montane cloud forests[1] at elevations of 1,600–2,900 m (5,200–9,500 ft) above sea level.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion, wood collecting, and human settlement.[1]

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References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. Oreobates pereger. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T57223A3056964. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57223A3056964.en. Downloaded on 22 December 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oreobates pereger (Lynch, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. Padial, J. M.; J. C. Chaparro; S. Castroviejo-Fisher; J. M. Guayasamin; E. Lehr; A. J. Delgado C.; M. Vaira; M. Teixeira Jr.; C. R. Aguayo-Vedia; I. De la Riva (2012). "A revision of species diversity in the Neotropical genus Oreobates (Anura: Strabomantidae), with the description of three new species from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3752 (3752): 1–55. doi:10.1206/3752.2. hdl:2246/6321.
  4. Lynch, J. D. (1975). "A review of the Andean leptodactylid frog genus Phrynopus". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 35: 1–51.
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