Telmatobius gigas

Telmatobius gigas is a frog.  It lives in Bolivia.

Body
The adult female frog is 109 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back can be olive-green in color with dark spots on top of green bumps. The skin of the frog's back can be brown with marks. Scientists believe that the female frogs are olive-green and the male frogs are brown. The sides of the body are light brown with light-brown-yellow bumps. The belly is cream-white in color with gray dots.

Home
This frog lives near streams in grasslands high above sea level. Scientists saw this frog between 3765 and 4450 meters above sea level.

Young
This frog's tadpoles are the largest of any Telmatobius frog. The largest one was 109 mm long. The tadpole has a round face with large things that help it feel around the mouth.

People
People catch this frog to use in medicine.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in big danger of dying out. Human beings take water to use on farms. Bad chemicals in the water can also kill this frog. Scientists also found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the frog, but the disease chytridiomycosis has not killed them all yet.

References

Category:Frogs of South America