Oreobates quixensis

Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.^[2] It is a very common terrestrial frog of primary and secondary tropical moist forest, also to be found in clearings, open areas and banana groves.^[1]

Oreobates quixensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Strabomantidae
Genus:	Oreobates
Species:	O. quixensis
Binomial name
Oreobates quixensis Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
Synonyms
Ischnocnema quixensis (Jiménez de la Espada, 1872) Leptodactylus tuberculosus Andersson, 1945

Description

Oreobates quixensis are large among the species of the genus Oreobates with adults measuring 35–63 mm (1.4–2.5 in) in snout–vent length. The head is large and wider than long; the snout is short. The dorsum is pale brown to dark brown with purple tonalities and cream flecks; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small, sparse, prominent, and enlarged warts.^[3]

Breeding is by direct development. Gravid females contain 15–51 eggs.^[1]