Telmatobius mendelsoni

Telmatobius mendelsoni

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. mendelsoni
Binomial name
Telmatobius mendelsoni
De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012

Telmatobius mendelsoni is a frog. It lives in Peru.

Body

This frog has unusual bones. It has a longer jaw than other frogs in Telmatobius, and it has more bone inside it head bone. It has fewer holes in its skull than is normal for frogs.

Home

Scientists found this frog next to roads and in streams in forests high in the mountains. Scientists found the frog in the water plants and under rocks. The scientists saw the frog 2400 meters above sea level.

The frog lives in at least one protected place, Manu National Park.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in very big danger of dying out and might all be dead now. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis killed these frogs because so many of them died so fast.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Telmatobius mendelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45536685A254215789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T45536685A254215789.en. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 De la Riva I; Trueb L; Duellman WE (2012). "A new species of Telmatobius (Anura: Telmatobiidae) from montane forests of southern Peru, with a review of osteological features of the genus". South American J Herpetology (Abstract). 7 (2): 91–109. doi:10.2994/057.007.0212. Retrieved August 25, 2025.