Telmatobius gigas
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Telmatobius gigas is a critically endangered species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae. It is endemic to the Huayllamarca River at an altitude of about Script error: No such module "convert". in the Carangas Province in Bolivia.[1] Its tiny range makes it highly vulnerable to pollution, and it may also be threatened by over-harvesting for medicinal use and the disease chytridiomycosis.[1] As suggested by its scientific name, this is a very large species of frog with a snout-vent length of up to Script error: No such module "convert". in females (males are smaller).[2] In the genus Telmatobius, only two other threatened species, the Titicaca water frog (T. culeus) and Lake Junin frog (T. macrostomus), are larger.[2][3] T. gigas is very closely related to the smaller and more widespread T. marmoratus, and they might be conspecific.[4]
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- ↑ a b Whittaker, K. (2009). Telmatobius gigas. AmphibiaWeb. Accessed 17 June 2011
- ↑ Halliday, T. (2016). The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World. University Of Chicago Press. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Victoriano, Muñoz-Mendoza, Sáez, Salinas, Muñoz-Ramírez, Sallaberry, Fibla and Méndez (2015). Evolution and Conservation on Top of the World: Phylogeography of the Marbled Water Frog (Telmatobius marmoratus Species Complex; Anura, Telmatobiidae) in Protected Areas of Chile. J.Hered. 106 (S1): 546-559. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv039
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