Telmatobius ignavus

Telmatobius ignavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. ignavus
Binomial name
Telmatobius ignavus
Barbour and Noble, 1920

The Piura water frog (Telmatobius ignavus) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia.

Home

This frog spends some of its time in water. It lives in and near streams in forests on mountains and grassy places. Scientists saw it between 1840 and 3080 meters above sea level.

Scientists do not think this frog lives in any protected parks.

Young

The tadpoles swim in rocky pools and rockystreams.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN and from Peru say this frog is in big danger of dying out. Scientists are not sure why this frog is dying. Farms put bad chemicals in the streams where the frog lives. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis has killed many other frogs in South America. Peru's laws say that no one may kill or catch this frog. People do catch many frogs in Telmatobius to eat and use.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Piura Water Frog: Telmatobius ignavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T57344A3058583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57344A3058583.en. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius ignavus Barbour and Noble, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Telmatobius ignavus Barbour and Noble, 1920". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 27, 2025.