Telmatobius pinguiculus

The Medanitos water frog (Telmatobius pinguiculus) is a frog.  It lives in Argentina.

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This frog spends almost all its time in the water. It lives in streams that stay streams all year and never go dry. The streams are in grassy places. Scientists saw the frog between 3100 and 4300  meters above sea level.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out and scientists from the Argentinean National Red List say it is in some danger.  Bad chemicals get into the water near where people dig in the ground for good rocks and where humans let animals eat grass near the bogs. Fish from other parts of the world, for example trout, can kill this species. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog too because it has killed other frogs in Telmatobius.

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Category:Frogs of South America