:Barycholos

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Barycholos ternetzi01.jpg

| image_caption = Barycholos ternetzi

| taxon = Barycholos

| authority = Heyer, 1969

| type_species = Leptodactylus pulcher

| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1898

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Barycholos, common name Chimbo frogs, is a genus of small frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in south-eastern Brazil and tropical lowland Ecuador.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Craugastoridae/Holoadeninae/Barycholos |title=Barycholos Heyer, 1969 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=26 April 2014}}{{cite journal | author=Hedges, S. B. | author2=Duellman, W. E. | author3=Heinicke, M. P. | name-list-style=amp| year=2008 | title=New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation |journal=Zootaxa | volume=1737 | pages=1–182 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 |url=http://www.hedgeslab.org/pubs/196.pdf}} The name Barycholos, from the Greek {{lang|grc|βαρύχολος}} ("savage"), is in honor of herpetologist Jay M. Savage.{{cite journal|last= Heyer|first= W. Ronald|year= 1969|title= Studies on the genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) III. A redefinition of the genus Leptodactylus and a description of a new genus of leptodactylid frogs|journal= Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|number= 155|pages= 1–14|url= http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS155.pdf|access-date= 2016-02-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160629121447/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS155.pdf|archive-date= 2016-06-29|url-status= dead}}