Oreobates sanderi explained

Oreobates sanderi is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in north-western Bolivia (La Paz Department)^[1] and nearby south-eastern Peru.^[2] It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Description

Oreobates sanderi are medium-sized among the Oreobates; adults measure 28mm38mm in snout–vent length. The head is large and as wide as long; the snout is short. The dorsum is pale brown to dark brown with cream flecks; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small (only some slightly enlarged), sparse, low, flat warts.^[3]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is humid montane forest, such as cloud forest (the Yungas of La Paz Department). These frogs are found on forest litter or the ground near streams.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oreobates sanderi (Padial, Reichle, and De la Riva, 2005) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2022 . Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 . American Museum of Natural History . 15 October 2022.
2. Padial, J. M. . J. C. Chaparro . S. Castroviejo-Fisher . J. M. Guayasamin . E. Lehr . A. J. Delgado C. . M. Vaira . M. Teixeira Jr. . C. R. Aguayo-Vedia . I. De la Riva . amp . 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 . 3752 . 1–55 . 10.1206/3752.2. 2246/6321 . 82038414 .
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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00372.x . free .