{{Short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | image = Lynchius flavomaculatus.jpeg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=''Lynchius flavomaculatus'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T57209A89211040 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57209A89211040.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Lynchius flavomaculatus | authority = (Parker, 1938) | synonyms = * ''Phrynopus flavomaculatus'' <small>(Parker, 1938)</small> * ''Eleutherodactylus flavomaculatus'' <small>Parker, 1938</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/> }}
'''''Lynchius flavomaculatus''''', also known as the '''yellow-spotted Andes frog''', is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Motta et al. 2016"/>
==Description== Adult males measure {{convert|24|-|35|mm|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|35|-|44|mm|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is rounded. The tympanum is distinct. The fingers are long and slender and lack webbing and lateral fringes; the tips are narrowly round and the fingers I–II have pads. Also the toes lack webbing and lateral fringes; they have narrowly rounded tips. Skin on dorsum of head, body, and limbs is shagreen; there are few scattered tubercles, particularly posteriorly. The dorsum is mottled dark yellow and reddish brown. There are indistinct yellow bars on the limbs, head, and upper lips, as well as dark brown transversal bars on the limbs. The flanks are yellow and have brown spots. The venter is grayish brown. There are yellow blotches on the belly, ventral surfaces of limbs, groin, and anterior surfaces of thighs. The iris is pale green and has black reticulations.<ref name="Motta et al. 2016"/>
==Habitat and conservation== ''Lynchius flavomaculatus'' lives in the páramo habitats at the elevations of {{convert|2215|-|3200|m|abbr=on}} asl. It is a terrestrial frog that probably has direct development<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name="Motta et al. 2016"/> (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage).<ref>{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=166}}</ref> It is a rare species that is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation caused by agriculture and non-timber plantations, potentially also fires. It occurs in the Podocarpus National Park.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Frost>{{cite journal |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Lynchius/Lynchius-flavomaculatus |title=''Lynchius flavomaculatus'' (Parker, 1938) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |journal=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=15 October 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref name="Motta et al. 2016">{{cite journal |last1=Motta |first1=Ana P. |last2=Chaparro |first2=Juan C. |last3=Pombal Jr. |first3=José P. |last4=Guayasamin |first4=Juan M. |last5=De la Riva |first5=Ignacio |last6=Padial |first6=José M. |name-list-style=amp |title=Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Andean genus ''Lynchius'' Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 (Anura: Craugastoridae) |journal=Herpetological Monographs |date=2016 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=119–142 |doi=10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00002|hdl=10261/155754 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> }}
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flavomaculatus Category:Amphibians of the Andes Category:Amphibians of Ecuador Category:Frogs of Peru Category:Páramo fauna Category:Amphibians described in 1938 Category:Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot