Rheobates

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rheobates palmatus.jpg

| image_caption = Rheobates palmatus

| taxon = Rheobates

| authority = {{interlanguage link multi|Taran Grant|fr|Taran Grant|es|lt=Grant}}, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, {{interlanguage link multi|Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad|fr|lt=Haddad}}, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

| type_species = Phyllobates palmatus

| type_species_authority = Werner, 1899

| diversity = 2 species (see text)

}}

Rheobates is a genus of frogs in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Colombia.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Aromobatidae/Anomaloglossinae/Rheobates |title=Rheobates Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006 |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=24 August 2014}} These are cryptically coloured frogs with extensive toe webbing. The name Rheobates is derived from the Greek words rheo (stream, current) and βάτης bátēs (a walker), in reference to the riparian habitat of the type species Rheobates palmatus. They are associated with streams in sub-Andean forests and foothills of the Andes at low to medium altitudes.{{cite web |url=http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/aromobatidae/rheobates/ |title=Rheobates |author=Acosta-Galvis, A.R. |year=2014 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.03.2014 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |accessdate=24 August 2014}}