Leptodactylid frogs of the genus Phrynopus in northern Peru with descriptions of three new species

Six species of the leptodactylid frog genus Phrynopus are recognized in the Andes of northern Peru, Three new species are described from the departame ntos Amazonas, Ancash, and La Libertad. One of the new species appears to b e a member of the Phrynopus flavomaculatus group and another to be a member of the P. simonsii group; however, the third species has some characters o f each group. Two of the new species are known only from elevations >3000 m in the Cordillera Occidental, and one is from >3000 m in the northern part of the Cordillera Central.