Telmatobius espadai

Telmatobius espadai is a frog.  It lives in Bolivia.

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Scientists saw this frog in streams in cloud forests high in the mountains. The scientists saw the frog between 3000 and 3500 meters above sea level. The frog spends some of its time on land.

Scientists saw this frog near one protected place: Parque Nacional Carrasco.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in very big danger of dying out, with no more than 249 adult frogs alive at the same time. Many of the frogs died at about the same time. Many frogs died even though they lived in places that human beings had not changed. Scientists think that the fungal disease chytridiomycosis killed the frogs because it has killed many other kinds of frogs that live in mountain streams and because they found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on some T. espadai frogs. Fish from other parts of the world, for example trout, can also kill this species. Also, human beings change the places where the frogs live to build farms, roads, dams, places for cows, and other things. Bad chemicals in water can also kill this frog.

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Category:Frogs of South America