Atelognathus reverberii

The Laguna Raimunda frog  (Atelognathus reverberii) is a frog.  It lives in Argentina.

Home
This frog lives in grassy places and tablelands that have lakes in them. People see them under rocks and in the water. This frog spends a lot of time on land. Scientists saw this frog between  920 and 1200 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen this frog inside a protected park, Somuncurá Provincial Reserve.

Young
The tadpoles swim in lakes that do not dry up.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in a little danger of dying out. Human beings dig pits near the lakes to get water. The frogs go into the pits and die there. Human beings also let animals drink from the lakes and eat water plants, which hurts the frog. Climate change could hurt this frog by dring up the water.

Scientists found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog, so they think the disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog.

References

Category:Frogs of South America