Telmatobius cirrhacelis

The orange-dotted kayla, kaylan punteada naranja, or Loja water frog (Telmatobius cirrhacelis) is a frog.  It lives in Ecuador.

Body
The adult male frog is about 56.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 49.6 to 68.7 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color with big orange spots. There are orange spots on the tops of the legs. The sides of the body and legs are olive-brown in color. The frog's belly is gray and light orange in color. The front and back feet are grayer in color with some marks.

Name
Scientists named the frog using Greek words: kirrhos for "orange" and kelis for "spot."

Home
This frog lives in cold forests with moss, lichen, and other plants. It lives near streams. Scientists saw this frog between 2700 and 3200 meters above sea level.

Most of these frogs live in one protected park: Parque Nacional Podocarpus.

Danger
Scientists say this frog is in very big danger of dying out. They think there are no more than 49 adults alive at any time now.  Scientists think diseases, for example chytridiomycosis, have killed these frogs. Changes in the weather might have killed them too. Human beings also change the places where the frogs live to make farms, get wood to build with, and make places for animals to eat grass. Sometimes people catch this frog to eat.

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Category:Frogs of South America