Psychrophrynella wettsteini species without known major threats. Psychrophrynella wettsteini Psychrophrynella wettsteini is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Bolivia and only known from the region of Unduavi in the Unduavi Valley, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz Department. Common name Wettstein's Andes frog has been coined for it. It is named for Otto von Wettstein, Austrian zoologist. "Psychrophrynella wettsteini" is a comparatively large species (maximum snout–vent length ) and has a robust body and long limbs. The snout is rounded. The tympanic membrane is absent, whereas the tympanic annulus is visible through the skin. Tips of the
Tympanic part of the temporal bone Tympanic part of the temporal bone The tympanic part of the temporal bone is a curved plate of bone lying below the squamous part of the temporal bone, in front of the mastoid process, and surrounding the external part of the ear canal. It originates as a separate bone (tympanic bone), which in some mammals stays separate through life. Evolutionarily, a portion of it is derived from the angular bone of the reptilian lower jaw. Its postero-superior surface is concave, and forms the anterior wall, the floor, and part of the posterior wall of the bony ear canal. Medially, it