Telmatobius thompsoni
| Telmatobius thompsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Telmatobiidae |
| Genus: | Telmatobius |
| Species: | T. thompsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Telmatobius thompsoni Wiens, 1993
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Thompson's water frog (Telmatobius thompsoni) is a frog. It lives in Peru.[2][3][1]
Body
The adult male frog can be as big as 68.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be 77.3 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is gray or brown in color with small dark marks. The belly is yellow in color with gray or brown spots.[3]
Home
Scientists saw this frog next to plants next to roads and marshes and in a grassy place full of water. They saw it 3290 meters above sea level.[1][2]
People
People catch other frogs in Telmatobius to eat, sell, and make into medicine.[1]
Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say they do not know whether this frog is in danger of dying out and scientists in Peru say it is in a little danger of dying out. People dig for good rocks and grow food plants near where the frog lives, but scientists are not sure if this hurts the frog or how much. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog too because it has killed other frogs in Telmatobius.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Thompson's Water Frog: Telmatobius thompsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T57364A3060018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57364A3060018.en. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Telmatobius thompsoni Wiens, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Raul E. Diaz (August 27, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Telmatobius thompsoni Wiens, 1993". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 14, 2025.