Paratelmatobius lutzii

Lutz's rapids frog (Paratelmatobius lutzii) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body
The adult frog is 19.2-23.3 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is dark brown in color. Some frogs have light green color on their noses. The bottoms of the back legs are gray with white places, the front legs are red. The belly is black with some white color. There is webbed skin on the feet.

Home
This frog lives in rainforests on the Atlantic side (east side) of the country. It only lives high in the hills, where headwaters scientists saw it in moss under rocks. Scientists saw the frog between 2000 and 2200 meters above sea level.

Scientists saw the frog in exactly one place, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia.

Young
The female frog puts eggs in pools of water in very small streams. The tadpoles swim in the streams.

Danger
The IUCN says this frog is in very big danger of dying out.  They are not sure why. Scientists think it could be because of fires. Scientists found the dangerous fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on other animals where the frog lives, so the disease chytridiomycosis might have killed many of these frogs.

References

Category:Frogs of South America