Bryophryne cophites
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Bryophryne |
| Species: | B. cophites
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| Binomial name | |
| Bryophryne cophites (Lynch, 1975)
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Phrynopus cophites Lynch, 1975[2] | |
Bryophryne cophites, also known as the Cusco Andes frog or the Cuzco Andes frog, is a species of
Cusco Region.[1][3] There is an unconfirmed record from a neighboring mountain range, so this species might be more widespread than current knowledge suggests.[1]
Description
Adult males measure 18–23 mm (0.7–0.9 in) and adult females 22–29 mm (0.9–1.1 in) in snout–vent length. The head is narrower than the body. The snout is short, rounded in dorsal view and rounded to truncate in lateral view.
canthus rostralis
is moderately sharp. Skin is dorsally finely areolate, becoming coarser towards the flanks and the ventrum. The hind limbs are very short. No inter-digital webbing is present. Dorsal coloration is dull brown to pale tan, or has a
mottled pattern of olive-brown and black to brown and greenish yellow or red. The venter is dull gray. The throat in males has an orange cast.[2]
Reproduction occurs through direct development (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage[4]): females lay about 20 eggs that hatch as 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long froglets; they guard their eggs in a nest of moss.[1]
Habitat and conservation
Bryophryne cophites is a
above sea level. It has also been recorded in cloud forest but is very rare in that habitat.[1]
The species occurs in the
Habitat loss is occurring along the western boundary of the park, caused by grazing cattle and fires; a fire has led to documented loss of at least one local occurrence of this species. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been detected in this species, but it is not considered a threat for direct-developing frogs such as this one.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Lynch, J. D. (1975). "A review of the Andean leptodactylid frog genus Phrynopus". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 35: 1–51.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Bryophryne cophites (Lynch, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.