Oreobates quixensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Strabomantidae |
Genus: | Oreobates |
Species: | O. quixensis
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Binomial name | |
Oreobates quixensis
Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
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Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. 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]
Oreobates quixensis are large among the species of the genus 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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