Telmatobius bolivianus

Telmatobius bolivianus is a frog.  It lives in Bolivia.

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This frog spends almost all its time in the water.  It lives in streams in cloud forests and Yungas forests. People see them on rocks and in the mud at the bottoms of streams.Scientists saw this frog between  2000 and 3100  meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen this frog in some protected parks: Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata and Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba.

Young
The frogs' tadpoles swim in streams.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in very big danger of dying out. Scientists have found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on this frog. B. dendrobatidis causes the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has killed many frogs in South America. They think this disease is the biggest reason why so many T. bolivianus frogs died. Human beings also change the places where the frog lived to make farms, to get wood to build with, and to get sand to use. People also put bad chemicals in the water. Scientists say climate change could hurt this frog more in the future.

Scientists' paper

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Category:Frogs of South America