# Phrynopus
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{{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](/source/Phrynopus_badius)''
| taxon = Phrynopus
| authority = [Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1873
| type_species = ''[Phrynopus peruanus](/source/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](/source/Phrynopus_curator)'']]
'''''Phrynopus''''' is a genus of [frog](/source/frog)s of the family [Strabomantidae](/source/Strabomantidae). Their common name is '''Andes frogs'''. They are [endemic](/source/endemic) to Peru and inhabit the upper humid [montane forest](/source/montane_forest) and supra-treeline grassland in the [Cordillera Oriental](/source/Cordillera_Oriental_(Peru)), with one record from the Peruvian [Cordillera Occidental](/source/Cordillera_Occidental_(Peru)).[{{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}}]
==Taxonomy==
The contents and phylogenetic position of ''Phrynopus'' have long been uncertain,[ and many species once included in this genus have now been moved to other genera (''[Bryophryne](/source/Bryophryne)'', ''[Lynchius](/source/Lynchius)'', ''Isodactylus'' (now ''[Hypodactylus](/source/Hypodactylus)''), ''[Noblella](/source/Noblella)'', ''[Niceforonia](/source/Niceforonia)'', and ''[Psychrophrynella](/source/Psychrophrynella)'').][ Hedges and colleagues placed it in 2008 in the family Strabomantidae, [subfamily](/source/subfamily) Strabomantinae.][
==Description==
''Phrynopus'' are small to medium-sized frogs, from {{convert|14.5|mm|abbr=on}} snout–vent length in ''[Phrynopus auriculatus](/source/Phrynopus_auriculatus)'' to {{convert|54|mm|abbr=on}} in ''[Phrynopus kauneorum](/source/Phrynopus_kauneorum)''. Head is narrower than the body. Differentiated [tympanic membrane](/source/Tympanum_(anatomy)) and tympanic annulus are usually absent, except in ''Phrynopus auriculatus'' and ''[Phrynopus peruanus](/source/Phrynopus_peruanus)''. [Dorsum](/source/Dorsum_(anatomy)) is smooth to pustulate. Venter is smooth or
areolate.][{{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}}]
==Species==
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Phrynopus'':[
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*''[Phrynopus anancites](/source/Phrynopus_anancites)'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus apumantarum](/source/Phrynopus_apumantarum)'' {{small|Chávez, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2023}}
*''[Phrynopus auriculatus](/source/Phrynopus_auriculatus)'' {{small|Duellman and Hedges, 2008}}
*''[Phrynopus badius](/source/Phrynopus_badius)'' {{small|Lehr, Moravec, and Cusi, 2012}}
*''[Phrynopus barthlenae](/source/Phrynopus_barthlenae)'' {{small|Lehr and Aguilar, 2002}}
*''[Phrynopus bracki](/source/Phrynopus_bracki)'' {{small|Hedges, 1990}}
*''[Phrynopus bufoides](/source/Phrynopus_bufoides)'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}}
*''[Phrynopus capitalis](/source/Phrynopus_capitalis)'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus chaparroi](/source/Phrynopus_chaparroi)'' {{small|Mamani and Malqui, 2014}}
*''[Phrynopus daemon](/source/Phrynopus_daemon)'' {{small|Chávez, Santa Cruz, Rodríguez, and Lehr, 2015}}
*''[Phrynopus dagmarae](/source/Phrynopus_dagmarae)'' {{small|Lehr, Aguilar, and Köhler, 2002}}
*''[Phrynopus dumicola](/source/Phrynopus_dumicola)'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus heimorum](/source/Phrynopus_heimorum)'' {{small|Lehr, 2001}}
*''[Phrynopus horstpauli](/source/Phrynopus_horstpauli)'' {{small|Lehr, Köhler, and Ponce, 2000}}
*''[Phrynopus interstinctus](/source/Phrynopus_interstinctus)'' {{small|Lehr and Oróz, 2012}}
*''[Phrynopus inti](/source/Phrynopus_inti)'' {{small|Lehr, von May, Moravec, and Cusi, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus juninensis](/source/Phrynopus_juninensis)'' {{small|(Shreve, 1938)}}
*''[Phrynopus kauneorum](/source/Phrynopus_kauneorum)'' {{small|Lehr, Aguilar, and Köhler, 2002}}
*''[Phrynopus kotosh](/source/Phrynopus_kotosh)'' {{small|Lehr, 2007}}
*''[Phrynopus lapidoides](/source/Phrynopus_lapidoides)'' {{small|Lehr and Rodríguez, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus lechriorhynchus](/source/Phrynopus_lechriorhynchus)'' {{small|Trueb and Lehr, 2008}}
*''[Phrynopus manuelriosi](/source/Phrynopus_manuelriosi)'' {{small|Venegas, García Ayachi, Lujan, Durán, and Motta, 2025}}
*''[Phrynopus mariellaleo](/source/Phrynopus_mariellaleo)'' {{small|Venegas, Barboza, De la Riva, and Padial, 2018}}
*''[Phrynopus melanoinguinis](/source/Phrynopus_melanoinguinis)'' {{small|Venegas, García Ayachi, Lujan, Durán, and Motta, 2025}}
*''[Phrynopus miroslawae](/source/Phrynopus_miroslawae)'' {{small|Chaparro, Padial, and De la Riva, 2008}}
*''[Phrynopus montium](/source/Phrynopus_montium)'' {{small|(Shreve, 1938)}}
*''[Phrynopus oblivius](/source/Phrynopus_oblivius)'' {{small|Lehr, 2007}}
*''[Phrynopus paucari](/source/Phrynopus_paucari)'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}}
*''[Phrynopus personatus](/source/Phrynopus_personatus)'' {{small|Rodríguez and Catenazzi, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus peruanus](/source/Phrynopus_peruanus)'' {{small|Peters, 1873}}
*''[Phrynopus pesantesi](/source/Phrynopus_pesantesi)'' {{small|Lehr, Lundberg, and Aguilar, 2005}}
*''[Phrynopus remotum](/source/Phrynopus_remotum)'' {{small|Chávez, García Ayachi, and Catenazzi, 2020}}
*''[Phrynopus sancristobali](/source/Phrynopus_sancristobali)'' {{small|Díaz, Mamani, and Catenazzi, 2023}}
*''[Phrynopus tautzorum](/source/Phrynopus_tautzorum)'' {{small|Lehr and Aguilar, 2003}}
*''[Phrynopus thompsoni](/source/Phrynopus_thompsoni)'' {{small|Duellman, 2000}}
*''[Phrynopus tribulosus](/source/Phrynopus_tribulosus)'' {{small|Duellman and Hedges, 2008}}
*''[Phrynopus unchog](/source/Phrynopus_unchog)'' {{small|Lehr and Rodríguez, 2017}}
*''[Phrynopus valquii](/source/Phrynopus_valquii)'' {{small|Chávez, Santa Cruz, Rodríguez, and Lehr, 2015}}
*''[Phrynopus vestigiatus](/source/Phrynopus_vestigiatus)'' {{small|Lehr and Oróz, 2012}}
}}
==References==
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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
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