Telmatobius achachila

Telmatobius achachila
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Telmatobiidae
Genus: Telmatobius
Species:
T. achachila
Binomial name
Telmatobius achachila
Gómez, Ventura, Turazzini, Marivaux, Flores, Boscaini, Fernández-Monescillo, Quispe, Prámparo, Fauquette, Martin, Münch, Pujos and Antoine, 2024

Telmatobius achachila is a frog. It lived in Bolivia millions of years ago. Scientists call this time the Miocene. Scientists found the frog's bones high on the high flat place, 3690 meters above sea level. The bones had turned to stone. Scientists looked at the frog's bones to see how Telmatobius frogs changed so they could live high in the mountains.[1]

References

  1. Raúl O. Gómez; Tomás Ventura; Guillermo F. Turazzini; Laurent Marivaux; Rubén Andrade Flores; Alberto Boscaini; Marcos Fernández-Monescillo; Bernardino Mamani Quispe; Mercedes B. Prámparo; Séverine Fauquette; Céline Martin; Philippe Münch; François Pujos; Pierre-Olivier Antoine (January 17, 2024). Marcello Ruta (ed.). "A new early water frog (Telmatobius) from the Miocene of the Bolivian Altiplano". Papers in Paleontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1543. Retrieved August 26, 2025.