{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Holotype of Phrynopus badius (MUSM 31099) in lateral view - ZooKeys-235-051-g004A.jpeg | image_caption = ''Phrynopus badius'' | taxon = Phrynopus | authority = Peters, 1873 | type_species = ''Phrynopus peruanus'' | type_species_authority = Peters, 1873 | diversity = 35 species (see text) }}
[[File:Phrynopus curator (MUSM 31106) eggs - ZooKeys-235-051-g010B.jpeg|thumb|Eggs of ''Phrynopus curator'']] '''''Phrynopus''''' is a genus of frogs of the family Strabomantidae. Their common name is '''Andes frogs'''. They are endemic to Peru and inhabit the upper humid montane forest and supra-treeline grassland in the Cordillera Oriental, with one record from the Peruvian Cordillera Occidental.<ref name=frost>{{cite taxon |ASW6|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Phrynopus |title=''Phrynopus'' Peters, 1873 |version=6.2 |year=2025 |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The contents and phylogenetic position of ''Phrynopus'' have long been uncertain,<ref name=frost/> and many species once included in this genus have now been moved to other genera (''Bryophryne'', ''Lynchius'', ''Isodactylus'' (now ''Hypodactylus''), ''Noblella'', ''Niceforonia'', and ''Psychrophrynella'').<ref name=Hedges/> Hedges and colleagues placed it in 2008 in the family Strabomantidae, subfamily Strabomantinae.<ref name=Hedges/>
==Description== ''Phrynopus'' are small to medium-sized frogs, from {{convert|14.5|mm|abbr=on}} snout–vent length in ''Phrynopus auriculatus'' to {{convert|54|mm|abbr=on}} in ''Phrynopus kauneorum''. Head is narrower than the body. Differentiated tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus are usually absent, except in ''Phrynopus auriculatus'' and ''Phrynopus peruanus''. Dorsum is smooth to pustulate. Venter is smooth or areolate.<ref name=Hedges>{{cite journal | author=Hedges, S. B., Duellman, W. E., and Heinicke, M. P | year=2008 | title=New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation |journal=Zootaxa | volume=1737 | pages=1–182 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 |url=http://www.hedgeslab.org/pubs/196.pdf}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Phrynopus'':<ref name=frost/> {{Columns-list|colwidth=25em| *''Phrynopus anancites'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}} *''Phrynopus apumantarum'' {{small|Chávez, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2023}} *''Phrynopus auriculatus'' {{small|Duellman and Hedges, 2008}} *''Phrynopus badius'' {{small|Lehr, Moravec, and Cusi, 2012}} *''Phrynopus barthlenae'' {{small|Lehr and Aguilar, 2002}} *''Phrynopus bracki'' {{small|Hedges, 1990}} *''Phrynopus bufoides'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}} *''Phrynopus capitalis'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}} *''Phrynopus chaparroi'' {{small|Mamani and Malqui, 2014}} *''Phrynopus daemon'' {{small|Chávez, Santa Cruz, Rodríguez, and Lehr, 2015}} *''Phrynopus dagmarae'' {{small|Lehr, Aguilar, and Köhler, 2002}} *''Phrynopus dumicola'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}} *''Phrynopus heimorum'' {{small|Lehr, 2001}} *''Phrynopus horstpauli'' {{small|Lehr, Köhler, and Ponce, 2000}} *''Phrynopus interstinctus'' {{small|Lehr and Oróz, 2012}} *''Phrynopus inti'' {{small|Lehr, von May, Moravec, and Cusi, 2017}} *''Phrynopus juninensis'' {{small|(Shreve, 1938)}} *''Phrynopus kauneorum'' {{small|Lehr, Aguilar, and Köhler, 2002}} *''Phrynopus kotosh'' {{small|Lehr, 2007}} *''Phrynopus lapidoides'' {{small|Lehr and Rodríguez, 2017}} *''Phrynopus lechriorhynchus'' {{small|Trueb and Lehr, 2008}} *''Phrynopus manuelriosi'' {{small|Venegas, García Ayachi, Lujan, Durán, and Motta, 2025}} *''Phrynopus mariellaleo'' {{small|Venegas, Barboza, De la Riva, and Padial, 2018}} *''Phrynopus melanoinguinis'' {{small|Venegas, García Ayachi, Lujan, Durán, and Motta, 2025}} *''Phrynopus miroslawae'' {{small|Chaparro, Padial, and De la Riva, 2008}} *''Phrynopus montium'' {{small|(Shreve, 1938)}} *''Phrynopus oblivius'' {{small|Lehr, 2007}} *''Phrynopus paucari'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}} *''Phrynopus personatus'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}} *''Phrynopus peruanus'' {{small|Peters, 1873}} *''Phrynopus pesantesi'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}} *''Phrynopus remotum'' {{small|Chávez, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2020}} *''Phrynopus sancristobali'' {{small|Díaz, Mamani, and Catenazzi, 2023}} *''Phrynopus tautzorum'' {{small|Lehr and Aguilar, 2003}} *''Phrynopus thompsoni'' {{small|Duellman, 2000}} *''Phrynopus tribulosus'' {{small|Duellman and Hedges, 2008}} *''Phrynopus unchog'' {{small|Lehr and Rodríguez, 2017}} *''Phrynopus valquii'' {{small|Chávez, Santa Cruz, Rodríguez, and Lehr, 2015}} *''Phrynopus vestigiatus'' {{small|Lehr and Oróz, 2012}} }}
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Category:Phrynopus Category:Amphibians of South America Category:Endemic amphibians of Peru Category:Amphibian genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters