Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Oreobates Higher classification Oreobates | Phylum Chordata Family Craugastoridae Scientific name Oreobates choristolemma Rank Species | |
Similar Oreobates, Oreobates discoidalis, Strabomantidae | ||
Oreobates choristolemma is a frog species in the Craugastoridae family. It is endemic to Bolivia where it is known from its type locality, Serranía de Bella Vista in the Caranavi Province as well as from Sud Yungas Province (both in La Paz Department) and from Chapare Province in the Cochabamba Department.
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Description
Oreobates choristolemma are robust frogs with adults measuring 27–46 mm (1.1–1.8 in) in snout–vent length. The head is large and wider than long; the snout is short. The dorsum is brown with darker markings; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small and large warts.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is the humid Yungas forest. The altitudinal range is 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft) asl. The frogs in the type locality were found on the ground near rocky seeps along a densely forested hillside parallel to a large river.