Telmatobius
| Telmatobius | |
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| Telmatobius species from altiplan lakes in northern Chile. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Telmatobiidae Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Genus: | Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834 |
| Diversity | |
| 62 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Batrachophrynus Peters, 1873 | |
Telmatobius is a genus of frogs native to the Andean highlands in South America, where they are found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.[1] It is the only genus in the family Telmatobiidae.[2] However, some sources recognize Batrachophrynus as a valid genus distinct from Telmatobius.[3][4]
Ecology and conservation
All species are closely associated with water and some are entirely aquatic. It contains more than 50 species; the vast majority seriously threatened, especially from habitat loss, pollution, diseases (chytridiomycosis and nematode infections) and capture for human consumption.[5][6] The huge Titicaca water frog (T. culeus), made famous by Jacques Cousteau, also faces these risks. The three Ecuadorian species have not been seen for years and may already be extinct: T. cirrhacelis last seen in 1981, T. niger in 1994 and T. vellardi in 1987.[5][6]
Species
The 62 Telmatobius species are:[1]
- Telmatobius arequipensis Vellard, 1955
- Telmatobius atacamensis Gallardo, 1962
- Telmatobius atahualpai Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius bolivianus Parker, 1940
- Telmatobius brachydactylus (Peters, 1873)
- Telmatobius brevipes Vellard, 1951
- Telmatobius brevirostris Vellard, 1955
- Telmatobius carrillae Morales, 1988
- Telmatobius ceiorum Laurent, 1970
- Telmatobius chusmisensis Formas, Cuevas, and Nuñez, 2006
- Telmatobius cirrhacelis Trueb, 1979
- Telmatobius colanensis Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius contrerasi Cei, 1977
- Telmatobius culeus (Garman, 1876)
- Telmatobius dankoi Formas, Northland, Capetillo, Nuñez, Cuevas, and Brieva, 1999
- Telmatobius degener Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius edaphonastes De la Riva, 1995
- Telmatobius espadai De la Riva, 2005
- Telmatobius fronteriensis Benavides, Ortiz, and Formas, 2002
- Telmatobius gigas Vellard, 1969
- Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938
- Telmatobius hauthali Koslowsky, 1895
- Telmatobius hintoni Parker, 1940
- Telmatobius hockingi Salas and Sinsch, 1996
- Telmatobius huayra Lavilla and Ergueta-Sandoval, 1995
- Telmatobius hypselocephalus Lavilla and Laurent, 1989
- Telmatobius ignavus Barbour and Noble, 1920
- Telmatobius intermedius Vellard, 1951
- Telmatobius jelskii (Peters, 1873)
- Telmatobius laticeps Laurent, 1977
- Telmatobius latirostris Vellard, 1951
- Telmatobius macrostomus (Peters, 1873)
- Telmatobius marmoratus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Telmatobius mayoloi Salas and Sinsch, 1996
- Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012
- Telmatobius necopinus Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius niger Barbour and Noble, 1920
- Telmatobius oxycephalus Vellard, 1946
- Telmatobius pefauri Veloso and Trueb, 1976
- Telmatobius peruvianus Wiegmann, 1834
- Telmatobius philippii Cuevas and Formas, 2002
- Telmatobius pinguiculus Lavilla and Laurent, 1989
- Telmatobius pisanoi Laurent, 1977
- Telmatobius platycephalus Lavilla and Laurent, 1989
- Telmatobius punctatus Vellard, 1955
- Telmatobius rimac Schmidt, 1954
- Telmatobius rubigo Barrionuevo and Baldo, 2009
- Telmatobius sanborni Schmidt, 1954
- Telmatobius schreiteri Vellard, 1946
- Telmatobius scrocchii Laurent and Lavilla, 1986
- Telmatobius sibiricus De la Riva and Harvey, 2003
- Telmatobius simonsi Parker, 1940
- Telmatobius stephani Laurent, 1973
- Telmatobius thompsoni Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius timens De la Riva, Aparicio, and Ríos, 2005
- Telmatobius truebae Wiens, 1993
- Telmatobius vellardi Munsterman and Leviton, 1959
- Telmatobius ventriflavum Catenazzi, Vargas García, and Lehr, 2015
- Telmatobius verrucosus Werner, 1899
- Telmatobius vilamensis Formas, Benavides, and Cuevas, 2003
- Telmatobius yuracare De la Riva, 1994
- Telmatobius zapahuirensis Veloso, Sallaberry-Ayerza, Navarro, Iturra-Constant, Valencia, Penna, and Diaz, 1982
References
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Telmatobiidae Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 39–55.
- ^ "Telmatobiidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b Angulo (2009). Conservation Needs of Batrachophrynus and Telmatobius Frogs of the Andes of Peru. Conservation and Society. 6(4): 328-333.
- ^ a b Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani and Young, editors (2008). Threatened Amphibians of the World. ISBN 978-84-96553-41-5
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