Phrynopus
''Phrynopus'' is a genus of frogs of the family Strabomantidae. Their common name is Andes frogs. They are endemic to Peru and inhabit the upper humid montane forest and supra-treeline grassland in the Cordillera Oriental (Peru), Cordillera Oriental, with one record from the Peruvian Cordillera Occidental (Peru), Cordillera Occidental. 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'', ''Lynchius'', ''Isodactylus'' (now ''Hypodactylus''), ''Noblella'', ''Niceforonia'', and ''Psychrophrynella''). Hedges and colleagues placed it in 2008 in the family Strabomantidae, subfamily Strabomantinae. Description ''Phrynopus'' are small to medium-sized frogs, from snout–vent length in ''Phrynopus auriculatus'' to in ''Phrynopus kauneorum''. Head is narrower than the body. Differentiated Tympanum (anatomy), tympanic membrane and tympanic annulus are us ...
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