Common Big-headed Frog

Oreobates quixensis

''Oreobates quixensis'' is a frog species in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 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.
Common Big-headed Frog (Oreobates quixensis) PNYC - Pampa Pescado, Pasco, Peru. Oct 23, 2020 Geotagged,Oreobates quixensis,Peru,Spring

Appearance

''Oreobates quixensis'' are large among the ''Oreobates'' with adults measuring 35–63 mm 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.

Breeding is by direct development. Gravid females contain 15–51 eggs.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyStrabomantidae
GenusOreobates
SpeciesO. quixensis
Photographed in
Colombia
Peru