Telmatobius peruvianus

Telmatobius peruvianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. peruvianus
Binomial name
Telmatobius peruvianus
Wiegmann, 1834

The Peru water frog (Telmatobius peruvianus) is a frog. It lives in Chile and Peru.

Home

This frog lives in streams and rivers high in the Andes mountains. Scientists saw this frog between 1980 and 4300 meters above sea level.

The frog's range has part of one protected park in it, Vilacota Maure Regional Conservation Area, but scientists are not sure the frog lives there.

Young

This frog has young all year. It has young in streams. The tadpoles swim in the deep parts of streams.

Danger

Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make mines and farms and to get wood from the forest. Scientists think the fungal disease chytridiomycosis could kill this frog too, but they have not seen the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog yet.

Some people catch this frog to eat or use in medicines.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Peru Water Frog: Telmatobius peruvianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21584A2775788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21584A2775788.en. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius peruvianus Wiegmann, 1834". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Telmatobius peruvianus Wiegmann, 1834". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 19, 2025.