Telmatobius truebae

Trueb's water frog (Telmatobius truebae) is a frog.  It lives in Peru.

Body
The adult male frog can be as big as 68.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be as big as 82.0 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown, gray, or olive-green. Some frogs have spots and some do not. The skin of the belly has many bumps on it. The belly is gray in color with some yellow or light purple color on the bottoms of the legs. The iris of the eye is gold in color with black spots.

Home
Scientists saw this frog in forests and puna grassy places high in the mountains. This frog spends some of its time in the water and some on land. It lives in streams. Scientists saw the frog in the Cordillera Occidental mountains. They saw it between 2150 and 3600 meters above sea level.

Scientists think this frog might live in Los Chilchos Conservation Area and in Tilacancha Private Conservation Area.

People
People catch other frogs in Telmatobius to eat. Scientists think people might eat T. truebae too.

Young
This frog has young in streams. Scientists saw tadpoles from January to March, so they think this is when the frog has young.

The tadpole can be 75.2 mm long with the tail and 29.5 mm not counting the tail. The tadpoles are olive-brown in color with green or black marks. The belly is gray with some lavendar color near the front. The fins are see-through with some brown spots. The iris of the eye is light yellow in color.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in a little danger of dying out and scientists from Peru say it is in big danger.  Human beings change the places where the frog lives by letting animals eat plants near the streams and cut down forests to make more places for animals to eat grass. Fires can also kill thsi frog. Bad chemicals in the water can kill this frog. Human beings  also move the streams where the frog lives and cut down trees. Scientists believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis might kill this frog too because it has killed other frogs in Telmatobius, but they have not seen the fungus on this frog yet.

References

Category:Frogs of South America