Telmatobius peruvianus

The Peru water frog  (Telmatobius peruvianus) is a frog.  It lives in Chile and Peru.

Home
This frog lives in streams and rivers high in the Andes mountains. Scientists saw this frog between 1980 and 4300 meters above sea level.

The frog's range has part of one protected park in it, Vilacota Maure Regional Conservation Area, but scientists are not sure the frog lives there.

Young
This frog has young all year. It has young in streams. The tadpoles swim in the deep parts of streams.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make mines and farms and to get wood from the forest. Scientists think the fungal disease chytridiomycosis could kill this frog too, but they have not seen the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog yet.

Some people catch this frog to eat or use in medicines.

References

Category:Frogs of South America