''Barycholos'', common name Chimbo frogs, is a genus of small

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

s in the family

Strabomantidae The Strabomantidae, sometimes called cloud forest landfrogs, are a family of frogs native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes '' Pristimantis'', the mo ...

found in south-eastern Brazil and tropical lowland Ecuador. The name ''Barycholos'', from the Greek ' ("savage"), is in honor of herpetologist Jay M. Savage.

Species

There are two species: * '' Barycholos pulcher'' (Boulenger, 1898) * '' Barycholos ternetzi'' (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)

References

Strabomantidae Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera {{Strabomantidae-stub