The genus Oreobates Jiménez de la Espada (1872) is monophyletic, and currently 24 species of Oreobates have been named Oreobates distributed from southern Colombia to central Brazil and northwestern Argentina. Most species of Oreobates occur in the cloud and montane forests of the tropical and subtropical Andes from Ecuador to Argentina. Authors described Oreobates amarakaeri with two specimens collected in 2008 between 685–1000 m a.s.l. in Distrito Camanti, Quispicanchis Province, Department of Cusco, Peru. Herein we report four additional specimens of O. amarakaeri, extending its distributional and altitudinal ranges in southern Peru. We collected specimens during our surveys in the Departments of Cusco and Puno.

This study was partially funded by projects CLG2008-04164 and CLG2011-30393 of the Spanish government (PI: I. De la Riva), and the International Cooperation Project funded by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Tecnologica (CONCYTEC, Peru) throught Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico, Tecnologico y de Innovacion Tecnologica (FONDECYT, Peru) and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Productiva (MINCyT, Argentina) (PI. Juan C. Chaparro).

Amphibians have developed different strategies to protect eggs, tadpoles, and froglets. Seven modes of parental care are known: egg attendance, egg transport, tadpole attendance, tadpole transport, tadpole feeding, internal gestation, and froglet transport. Brachycephaloidea (Terrarana) includes 1073 species f which are known to provide parental care. In Peru, seven species of Craugastoridae are known to exhibit parental care, including Bryophryne cophites, Lynchius oblitus Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016.