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title: "Common Big-headed Frog"
description: "Oreobates quixensis — Anfibi. Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-big-headed-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Big-headed Frog

> Oreobates quixensis — Anfibi. Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.

- Scientific name: *Oreobates quixensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 974
- Wikidata: [Q1610069](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1610069)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66291](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66291)

## Names

- en: Common Big-headed Frog
- es: Sapito bocón amazónico
- pt: Ischnocnema quixensis

## Countries with the most observations

EC (459), PE (157), CO (73), BR (23)

## Summary

Oreobates quixensis, also known as the common big-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is a very common terrestrial frog of primary and secondary tropical moist forest, also to be found in clearings, open areas and banana groves.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreobates_quixensis

## Photo

![Common Big-headed Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-big-headed-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144455755

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-big-headed-frog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).