Telmatobius sibiricus

Telmatobius sibiricus is a frog.  It lives in Bolivia.

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Scientists saw this frog near streams in cloud forests high in the mountains and near small rivers in fields where cows eat grass. The scientists saw the frog between 2000 and 2900 meters above sea level. The frog spends most of its time on land.

Scientists saw this frog in two protected places: Parque Nacional Carrasco and Parque Nacional Amboró. Scientists last saw it in Parque Nacional Amboró in the late 20th century and they last saw it in Parque Nacional Carrasco before 2019.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in very big danger of dying out, with no more than 249 adult frogs alive at the same time. Many of the frogs died at about the same time. Many frogs died even though they lived in places that human beings had not changed. Scientists think that the fungal disease chytridiomycosis killed the frogs because it has killed many other kinds of frogs that live in mountain streams and because they found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on some T. sibiricus frogs. Also, human beings change the places where the frogs live to get wood to build with and make farms. Bad chemicals in water can also kill this frog.

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Category:Frogs of South America