Oreobates
Oreobates is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. Most species were formerly in the genus Ischnocnema, but were moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision. Its sister taxon is Lynchius.
| Oreobates | |
|---|---|
| Oreobates quixensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Subfamily: | Holoadeninae |
| Genus: | Oreobates Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 | |
| Diversity | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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These frogs are found in the lower slopes of the Andes into the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia south to northern Argentina and east into western Brazil.
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