Telmatobius mayoloi

Telmatobius mayoloi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. mayoloi
Binomial name
Telmatobius mayoloi
Salas and Sinsch, 1996

Telmatobius mayoloi is a frog. It lives in Peru.

Home

This frog spends almost all its time in the water. It lives in streams and rivers in puna places. People find the frogs under rocks and in plants where the water moves slowly. Scientists saw the frog between 3515 and 4150 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen the frog in a protected park, Huascarán National Park.

People

People catch frogs in Telmatobius to eat, sell, and use to make medicine. Scientists found people eating T. mayoloi in soup in 1997.

Young

Scientists think this frog has young all year because they found young tadpoles and older tadpoles in the same place at the same time.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out and scientists from Peru say it is in very big danger. Bad chemicals from sheep and cows and from farms can get into the water. People also catch this frog to eat. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog. They did find the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on frogs that had been brought to museums.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Telmatobius mayoloi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T57350A3059558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T57350A3059558.en. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius mayoloi Salas and Sinsch, 1996". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Telmatobius mayoloi Salas and Sinsch, 1996". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 9, 2025.