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Oreobates pereger

Species of frog

Species of frog

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

Oreobates pereger, also known as the Ayacucho Andes frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Vilcabamba mountain ranges.

Description

Male Oreobates pereger grow to a snout–vent length of 21 - and females to 24 -. 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.

Eggs are large and yellow, up to 4 mm in diameter. Fecundity is about 18–20.

Habitat and conservation

Oreobates pereger is a terrestrial frog inhabiting montane cloud forests at elevations of 1600 – above sea level. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion, wood collecting, and human settlement.

References==

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2018). "''Oreobates pereger''".
  2. Frost, Darrel R.. (2022). "''Oreobates pereger'' (Lynch, 1975)". American Museum of Natural History.
  3. (1975). "A review of the Andean leptodactylid frog genus ''Phrynopus''". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas.
  4. Padial, J. M.. (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". American Museum Novitates.
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