Phrynopus

Eggs of Phrynopus curator

Phrynopus is a genus of frogs and toads of the family Craugastoridae. By 2008, the taxon was performed in other species composition within the paraphyletic family of Südfrösche ( Leptodactylidae broader sense ). Former Phrynopus species now found in many other genres of Craugastoridae again, some even in other families ( Microhylidae, Leiuperinae ).

The representatives of the genus are widespread in the cloud forests of the Peruvian Andean region exclusively.

Species

The genus includes 25 species: Status: March 1, 2014

• Phrynopus auriculatus Duellman and Hedges, 2008
• Phrynopus ayacucho Lehr, 2007
• Phrynopus badius teaching, Moravec & Cusi, 2012
• Phrynopus barth Lenae Teaching & Aguilar, 2002
• Phrynopus bracki Hedges, 1990
• Phrynopus bufoides teaching, Lundberg & Aguilar, 2005
• Phrynopus curator teaching, Moravec & Cusi, 2012
• Phrynopus dagmarae teaching, Aguilar & Köhler, 2002
• Phrynopus heimorum Lehr, 2001
• Phrynopus horst Paul Lehr, Köhler & Ponce, 2000
• Phrynopus interstinctus Teaching & Oroz, 2012
• Phrynopus juninensis ( Shreve, 1938)
• Phrynopus kauneorum teaching, Aguilar & Köhler, 2002
• Phrynopus Kotosh Lehr, 2007
• Phrynopus miro slawae Chaparro, & De la Riva Padial, 2008
• Phrynopus montium ( Shreve, 1938)
• Phrynopus nicoleae Chaparro, & De la Riva Padial, 2008
• Phrynopus oblivius Lehr, 2007
• Phrynopus paucari teaching, Lundberg & Aguilar, 2005
• Phrynopus peruanus Peters, 1873
• Phrynopus pesantesi teaching, Lundberg & Aguilar, 2005
• Phrynopus tautzorum Teaching & Aguilar, 2003
• Phrynopus thompsoni Duellman, 2000
• Phrynopus tribulosus Duellman and Hedges, 2008
• Phrynopus vestigiatus Teaching & Oroz, 2012

Phrynopus ayacucho was placed in the genus Oreobates.