Hyloxalus leucophaeus
# Hyloxalus leucophaeus

Hyloxalus leucophaeus is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to a very limited range in Peru.

## Description

It is moderately sized, with a mostly moss grey body with patches of white and a more orange shade of the body colour.

## Distribution

This species is known only from a very small range Molinopampa district in the northern Cordillera Central in the Peruvian Andes where it has been found at a height of 2,400 m above sea level.

## Habitat

A marshy stream in a pasture of old farmland is the only place where this species was recorded.

## Behaviour

Like most, related species, their eggs are laid on land, but after hatching the tadpoles are moved to water.

