Telmatobius gigas

Telmatobius gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Telmatobius gigas
Vellard, 1969
Synonyms
  • Telmatobius marmoratus gigas Vellard, 1969 "1968"

Telmatobius gigas is a frog. It lives in Bolivia.

Body

The adult female frog is 109 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back can be olive-green in color with dark spots on top of green bumps. The skin of the frog's back can be brown with marks. Scientists believe that the female frogs are olive-green and the male frogs are brown. The sides of the body are light brown with light-brown-yellow bumps. The belly is cream-white in color with gray dots.

Home

This frog lives near streams in grasslands high above sea level. Scientists saw this frog between 3765 and 4450 meters above sea level.

Young

This frog's tadpoles are the largest of any Telmatobius frog. The largest one was 109 mm long. The tadpole has a round face with large things that help it feel around the mouth.

People

People catch this frog to use in medicine.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in big danger of dying out. Human beings take water to use on farms. Bad chemicals in the water can also kill this frog. Scientists also found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog, but the disease chytridiomycosis has not killed them all yet.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Telmatobius gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57339A154334526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57339A154334526.en. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius gigas Vellard, 1969". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Kellie Whittaker (November 1, 2009). Kellie Whittaker; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Telmatobius gigas Vellard, 1969". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 30, 2025.