Telmatobius sanborni

Telmatobius sanborni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[2][3][1]

Groups

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as T. marmoratus, but now they think they are two different frogs.[3]

Home

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.[2][1]

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.[1]

Young

The tadpoles live in streams where the water moves fast. The use their sucker mouths to hold on to rocks.[1]

Danger

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.[1]

First paper

  • De la Riva I (2006). E. O. Lavilla; I. De la Riva (eds.). "Bolivian frogs of the genus Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae): synopsis, taxonomic comments, and description of a new species". Studies on the Andean Frogs of the Genera Telmatobius and Batrachophrynus. 7. Valencia: Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola, Monografias de Herpetologia: 65–101.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Sanborn's Water Frog: Telmatobius sanborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135889A516369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135889A516369.en. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius sanborni Schmidt, 1954". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Telmatobius sanborni Schmidt, 1954". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 4, 2025.