Oreobates sanderi is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in north-western Bolivia (La Paz Department)[2] and nearby south-eastern Peru.[3][4] It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Oreobates |
| Species: | O. sanderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreobates sanderi (Padial, Reichle & de la Riva, 2005)
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Description
editOreobates sanderi are medium-sized among the Oreobates; adults measure 28–38 mm (1.1–1.5 in) in snout–vent length. The head is large and as wide as long; the snout is short. The dorsum is pale brown to dark brown with cream flecks; the skin is granular, with round keratinized granules and small (only some slightly enlarged), sparse, low, flat warts.[3]
Habitat
editIts natural habitat is humid montane forest, such as cloud forest (the Yungas of La Paz Department). These frogs are found on forest litter or the ground near streams.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Oreobates sanderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61828A89215574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61828A89215574.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Oreobates sanderi (Padial, Reichle, and De la Riva, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b Padial, José M.; Chaparro, Juan C.; De La Riva, Ignacio (2008). "Systematics of Oreobates and the Eleutherodactylus discoidalis species group (Amphibia, Anura), based on two mitochondrial DNA genes and external morphology". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 152 (4): 737–773. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00372.x.
- ^ Padial, J. M.; J. C. Chaparro; S. Castroviejo-Fisher; J. M. Guayasamin; E. Lehr; A. J. Delgado C.; M. Vaira; M. Teixeira Jr.; C. R. Aguayo-Vedia & I. De la Riva (2012). "A revision of species diversity in the Neotropical genus Oreobates (Anura: Strabomantidae), with the description of three new species from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3752): 1–55. doi:10.1206/3752.2. hdl:2246/6321. S2CID 82038414.