Oreobates choristolemma
Oreobates choristolemma is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. 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]
| Oreobates choristolemma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Oreobates |
| Species: | O. choristolemma |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreobates choristolemma (Harvey & Sheehy, 2005) | |
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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
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Oreobates choristolemma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61827A154336171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61827A154336171.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Oreobates choristolemma (Harvey and Sheehy, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- 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.