{{Short description|Species of frog}} {{Speciesbox | 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=''Phrynopus bracki'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T57202A89210514 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57202A89210514.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Phrynopus bracki | authority = Hedges, 1990<ref name="Hedges 1990"/> }}

'''''Phrynopus bracki''''' is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Peru and only known from its type locality in the Cordillera Yanachaga, Pasco Region.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/> The specific name ''bracki'' honors Antonio Brack, agronomist and ecologist who was instrumental for the establishment of the Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park.<ref name="Hedges 1990"/><ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/> Common name '''Brack's Andes frog''', has been coined for it.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/>

==Description== Based on the type series consisting of two adult males and a single female, adult males measure about {{convert|15.7|-|16.2|mm|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|19.8|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The head is short and narrower than the body. The snout is rounded to slightly truncate. The canthus rostralis is moderately sharp. There is no tympanum, and also the supra-tympanic fold is absent. The fingers and toes are not expanded; the fingers have slight lateral fringes. No webbing is present. Skin of the dorsum is tuberculate, more so in the males than in the female. The coloration is nearly uniformly black or very dark brown, apart from some faint traces of lighter brown pattern.<ref name="Hedges 1990"/>

The male advertisement call is a two-note call, with the dominant frequency at 2500&nbsp;Hz.<ref name="Hedges 1990"/>

{{Location map | Peru | relief = yes | float = left | caption = ''Phrynopus bracki'' is only known from the Cordillera Yanachaga in the Pasco Region, Peru | alt = Cordillera Yanachaga in Peru | lat_deg = -10.544 | lon_deg = -75.353 }}

==Habitat and conservation== ''Phrynopus bracki'' is found in montane cloud and elfin forest at elevations of {{convert|2300|–|2700|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is a terrestrial species.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> The males were found inside curled dead leaves on the forest floor, revealed by their calls, whereas the female was found in leaf litter.<ref name="Hedges 1990"/>

This species is threatened by habitat loss, but most of its range is protected by the Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=29}}</ref>

<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Phrynopus/Phrynopus-bracki |title=''Phrynopus bracki'' Hedges, 1990 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>

<ref name="Hedges 1990">{{cite journal |last1=Hedges |first1=S. Blair |title=A new species of ''Phrynopus'' (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Perú |journal=Copeia |date=1990 |volume=1990 |issue=1 |pages=108–112 |doi=10.2307/1445826 |jstor=1445826 |s2cid=88116881 }}</ref> }}

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bracki Category:Amphibians of the Andes Category:Frogs of Peru Category:Endemic amphibians of Peru Category:Amphibians described in 1990 Category:Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot