# Strabomantis anatipes
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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=''Strabomantis anatipes'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T56412A85856259 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T56412A85856259.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}]
| taxon = Strabomantis anatipes
| authority = ([Lynch](/source/John_Douglas_Lynch) and [Myers](/source/Charles_William_Myers), 1983)
| synonyms =
* ''Eleutherodactylus anatipes'' Lynch and Myers, 1983[
* ''Craugastor anatipes'' (Lynch and Myers, 1983)
}}
'''''Strabomantis anatipes''''' (vernacular name: '''anatipes robber frog''') is a species of [frog](/source/frog) in the family [Strabomantidae](/source/Strabomantidae). It is found in the [Mira River](/source/Mira_River_(South_America)) drainage in extreme northern Ecuador and in adjacent southern Colombia ([Nariño](/source/Nari%C3%B1o_Department), [Cauca](/source/Cauca_Department), and [Valle del Cauca Department](/source/Valle_del_Cauca_Department)s) in foothills and lower cloud forest on the Pacific lowlands and slopes of the [Cordillera Occidental](/source/Cordillera_Occidental_(Colombia)). It altitudinal range is {{convert|100|-|1600|m|abbr=on}} [asl](/source/Above_sea_level).][{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Strabomantinae/Strabomantis/Strabomantis-anatipes |title=''Strabomantis anatipes'' (Lynch and Myers, 1983) |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=15 October 2022}}][{{cite web |url=http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/craugastoridae/strabomantis-anatipes/ |title=''Strabomantis anatipes'' (Lynch & Myers, 1983) |author=Acosta-Galvis, A.R. |year=2015 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |access-date=14 June 2015}}]
The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) refers to the extensive foot webbing of the species: it is a compound of the Latin ''anatis'' (of a duck) and ''pes'' (foot).[
==Description==
''Strabomantis anatipes'' is a large species of frog: males measure more than {{convert|33|mm|abbr=on}} and females >{{convert|73|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. In males, skin of [dorsum](/source/Dorsum_(anatomy)) bears numerous pimple like spinules and a pair of sinuous postorbital ridges, but is smooth with low tubercles, short ridges, and postorbital ridges in females. They are greenish brown with orangish warts and ridges. Groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of thighs are dull yellow with black reticulation. Throat is white with brown vermiculations. Venter and undersides of limbs are yellow. [Iris](/source/Iris_(anatomy)) is bright copper with black flecks and a brown horizontal streak.][{{Cite journal| last1 = Lynch| first1 = John D.| last2 = Myers| first2 = Charles W.| year = 1983| title = Frogs of the ''fitzingeri'' group of ''Eleutherodactylus'' in eastern Panama and Chocoan South America (Leptodactylidae)| journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume = 175| pages = 481–568| hdl = 2246/980| url = http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/980}}]
==Habitat and conservation==
The species' natural [habitat](/source/habitat)s are forests, from [tropical moist lowland forest](/source/tropical_moist_lowland_forest) to lower [cloud forest](/source/cloud_forest). It is closely associated with small streams. It is [nocturnal](/source/nocturnal), sitting on rocks, very steep cliffs, or in rocky crevices alongside streams.