Oreobates gemcare Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, Guayasamin, Lehr, Delgado, Vaira, Teixeira, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Oreobates > Species: Oreobates gemcare

Oreobates gemcare Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, Guayasamin, Lehr, Delgado C., Vaira, Teixeira, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2012, Am. Mus. Novit., 3752: 30. Holotype: MHNC 6687, by original designation. Type locality: "Esperanza (13.1824°S, 71.6036°W; 2700 m above the sea level), Kosñipata Valley, Departamento Cusco, Peru".

English Names

Kosñipata Big-headed Frog ( Villacampa-Ortega, Serrano-Rojas, and Whitworth, 2017, Amph. Manu Learning Cent.: 64). 

Distribution

Cloud forests in the Kosñipata Valley, Departamento Cusco, Peru at elevations of 2400–2800 m.

Comment

Confused with Oreobates lehri prior to naming according to the original publication. See brief account for the Manu region, Peru, by Villacampa-Ortega, Serrano-Rojas, and Whitworth, 2017, Amph. Manu Learning Cent.: 64–65.

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