Oreobates remotus Teixeira, Amaro, Recoder, Sena, and Rodrigues, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Oreobates > Species: Oreobates remotus

Oreobates remotus Teixeira, Amaro, Recoder, Sena, and Rodrigues, 2012, Zootaxa, 3158: 40. Holotype: MZUSP 141708, by original designation. Type locality: "'Rochedo' (15° 8′ 43.80″ S, 44°14′ 29.04″ W, WGS84, 624 m elevation), a large limestone outcrop crossed by a road, close to Fabião I village, at Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park, Januária municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Peruaçu River valley and from Pandieros River, both in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Brazil

Endemic: Brazil

Comment

The sister taxon of Oreobates heterodactylus according to the original publication. See comment under Oreobates antrum. 

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