Telmatobius brevipes
| Telmatobius brevipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Telmatobiidae |
| Genus: | Telmatobius |
| Species: | T. brevipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Telmatobius brevipes Vellard, 1951
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The Huahachuco water frog (Telmatobius brevipes) is a frog. It lives in Peru.[2][3][1]
Home
This frog lives in streams in paramo land, cloud forests, farms, and in yungas. People see them under rocks and in plants near streams. Scientists saw this frog between 2000 and 4300 meters above sea level.[2][1]
Young
Scientists saw the frog's eggs stuck to plants in a small stream. They believe they found the frog's tadpoles in slow-moving streams, pools, grassy ponds, and in ditches. The tadpoles ate animals with no bones and sometimes other tadpoles.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in some danger of dying out and the Peru's Categorization in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna says this frog is in big danger of dying out. Bad chemicals in the water can kill this frog. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog too because it has killed other frogs in Telmatobius, but scientists have not found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatis on the frog.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Huahachuco Water Frog: Telmatobius brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T57327A3057511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T57327A3057511.en. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius brevipes Vellard, 1955". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Telmatobius brevipes Vellard, 1951". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 24, 2025.