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.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

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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