Telmatobius brachydactylus

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Telmatobius brachydactylus
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Telmatobiidae
Genus:	Telmatobius
Species:	T. brachydactylus
Binomial name
*Telmatobius brachydactylus* (Peters, 1873)
Synonyms
Batrachophrynus brachydactylus Peters, 1873

Telmatobius brachydactylus, the Amable Maria frog, is an endangered species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae.^[1]^[2]

This semiaquatic frog is endemic to tributaries of Lake Junín (not in the lake itself) in central Peru, where it is found at altitudes of 4,000–4,600 m (13,100–15,100 ft). It is threatened by capture for human consumption.^[1]^[3] Although a fairly large species with a typical snout-vent length of 5.8–7.3 cm (2.3–2.9 in) and weight of 25–55 g (0.88–1.94 oz), it is significantly smaller than the closely related and equally threatened Lake Junin frog (T. macrostomus).^[4] These two are sometimes placed in the genus Batrachophrynus.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Telmatobius brachydactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T56329A89204767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T56329A89204767.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Telmatobius brachydactylus (Peters, 1873)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ Angulo, A. (2008). "Conservation needs of Batrachophrynus and Telmatobius frogs of the Andes of Peru." Conservation & Society 6(4): 328-333. DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.49196
^ Sinsch, U. (1990). Froschlurche (Anura) der zentral-peruanischen Anden: Artdiagnose, Taxonomie, Habitate, Verhaltensökologie. Salamandra 26(2/3): 177- 214.
^ Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani and Young, editors (2008). Threatened Amphibians of the World. ISBN 978-84-96553-41-5

Taxon identifiers
Telmatobius brachydactylus	Wikidata: Q28017557 Wikispecies: Telmatobius brachydactylus AmphibiaWeb: 2577 ASW: Telmatobius-brachydactylus CoL: 7BPQD GBIF: 10673150 iNaturalist: 135144 ITIS: 1102581 IUCN: 56329 Observation.org: 957096
Batrachophrynus brachydactylus	Wikidata: Q2209386 CoL: KZJJ EoL: 1019121 GBIF: 2424552 IRMNG: 10204201 ITIS: 207863 Open Tree of Life: 3620385

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