Oreobates quixensis

Oreobates quixensis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Craugastoridae
Genus:	Oreobates
Species:	O. quixensis
Binomial name
	Oreobates quixensis; Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
Synonyms
	Ischnocnema quixensis (Jiménez de la Espada, 1872); Leptodactylus tuberculosus Andersson, 1945

Oreobates quixensis (common name: common big-headed frog) is a frog species in the family Craugastoridae. 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 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

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.
Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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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[IUCN-1] 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.

[frost-2] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[Padial-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.