| Telmatobius sanborni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Telmatobiidae |
| Genus: | Telmatobius |
| Species: | T. sanborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Telmatobius sanborni Schmidt, 1954 | |
Sanborn's water frog (Telmatobius sanborni) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia and Peru.
Scientists used to think this was the same frog as T. marmoratus, but now they think they are two different frogs.
This frog lives on the steep sides of the Andes Mountains. It lives in cloud forests. It lives near rivers and streams. Scientists saw this frog between 3100 and 3800 meters above sea level.
Scientists have seen this frog in one protected parks, Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba. They think it could also live in Madidi National Par. Both these places are in Bolivia.
The tadpoles live in streams where the water moves fast. The use their sucker mouths to hold on to rocks.
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in very big danger of dying out. Scientists from Bolivia’s Red Book of Threatened Vertebrates say it is in danger of dying out . Peru's Categorization in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna says it is in very big danger of dying out. Scientists found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on these frogs, so they think the fungal disease chytridiomycosis kills them.
