Amazon River frog [SEP] parent taxon
Amazon River frog
The Amazon River frog ("Lithobates palmipes") is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil. In Spanish, it is known as "". Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Oreobates
Oreobates is a frog genus of in the Craugastoridae family. Most species were formerly in the genus "Ischnocnema", but were moved to this revalidated genus following a 2006 revision. Its sister taxon is "Lynchius".
These frogs are found in the lower slopes of the Andes into the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia south to northern Argentina and east into western Brazil.
Description.
"Oreobates" are small to medium-sized frogs with males measuring and females in snout–vent length. They are