Telmatobius pinguiculus

Telmatobius pinguiculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. pinguiculus
Binomial name
Telmatobius pinguiculus
Lavilla and Laurent, 1989

The Medanitos water frog (Telmatobius pinguiculus) is a frog. It lives in Argentina.

Home

This frog spends almost all its time in the water. It lives in streams that stay streams all year and never go dry. The streams are in grassy places. Scientists saw the frog between 3100 and 4300 meters above sea level.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out and scientists from the Argentinean National Red List say it is in some danger. Bad chemicals get into the water near where people dig in the ground for good rocks and where humans let animals eat grass near the bogs. Fish from other parts of the world, for example trout, can kill this species. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog too because it has killed other frogs in Telmatobius.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Telmatobius pinguiculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T57355A101434118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T57355A101434118.en. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius pinguiculus Lavilla and Laurent, 1989". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Telmatobius pinguiculus Lavilla and Laurent, 1989". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 9, 2025.