Telmatobius rimac

The rimac water frog (Telmatobius rimac) is a frog.  It lives in Peru.

Home
This frog lives in streams, canals, and other water places in places with many streams. Scientists saw this frog between  2000 and 4000 meters above sea level in valleys between the Andes Mountains.

Scientists have seen this frog one protected park: Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

Young
People see the radpoles swimming in streams that have plants growing in them.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in some danger of dying out.  Farms and houses put bad chemicals in the water. Scientists think the fungal disease chytridiomycosis could kill this frog too. Human beings also catch this frog to eat, but scientists do not know if that puts the whole species in danger of dying out.

References

Category:Frogs of South America