Phrynopus remotum Chávez, García Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2020

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Phrynopus remotum is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is native to the central Andes of Peru in the Department of Huánuco at elevations of 3,730 meters. The frog is found in a single locality in a section of highlands adjacent to Marañón Dry valley in habitats such as grasslands, cloud forests, and alongside temporary streams. It can be found under rocks, moss, and other cover. The frog is small, with males reaching 19.3 to 23.3 mm (0.76 to 0.92 in) SVL and females 28.7 mm (1.13 in) SVL. Due to the lack of sufficient water in its habitat, these frogs will lay their eggs in damp areas and the tadpoles will undergo metamorphosis inside the egg, later hatching as fully formed froglets.

The specific name remotum comes from the remote areas the frog is found in, which took over thirty hours of travelling through harsh terrain to reach. The only other amphibian that was found in the same habitat as Phrynopus remotum was the Peru marsupial frog (Gastrotheca peruana), which also does not have aquatic tadpoles.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Phrynopus remotum Chávez, García Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2020

Name authority

Chávez, García Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2020

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Strabomantidae

Genus

Phrynopus

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAmphibia
9. orderAnura
10. superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
11. familyStrabomantidae Hedges, Duellman & Heinecke, 2008
12. subfamilyPristimantinae Ohler & Dubois, 2012
13. genusPhrynopus Peters, 1873
14. speciesPhrynopus remotum Chávez, García Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2020

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Phrynopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 676 records assigned to Strabomantidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1270594 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:RQGW9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.