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Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938

Hall's water frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1937

Since rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

 

Distribution

Ollagüe, El Loa Province, Chile (northern)

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Noble, G. K. (1938). A new species of frog of the genus Telmatobius from Chile. American Museum Novitates 973: 1-3.


Other references:

Correa, Claudio. (2021). A solution to the enigma of the type locality of Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938 (Anura: Telmatobiidae), a lost frog for 85 years. ARPHA Preprints. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e67941

Cuevas, C. C. et al. (2020). Rediscovery of the enigmatic Andean frog Telmatobius halli Noble (Anura: Telmatobiidae), re-description of the tadpole and comments on new adult’s characters, type locality and conservation status. Zootaxa 4834(2): 195-206. [Abstract]

De la Riva, I., Köhler, J., Lötters, S. and Reichle, S. (2000). Ten years of research on Bolivian amphibians: updated checklist, distribution, taxonomic problems, literature and iconography. Revista Espanola de Herpetologia: 19-164.

Díaz-Páez, H. and Ortiz, J.C. (2003). Evaluación del estado de conservación de los anfibios en Chile. Assessment of the conservation status of amphibians in Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76: 509-525.

Fibla, Pablo et al. (2018). Where is the enigmatic Telmatobius halli Noble 1938? Rediscovery and clarification of a frog species not seen for 80 years. Zootaxa 4527(1): 61-74. [Abstract]

Formas, J. R. (1995). Anfibios. In: Simonetti, J.M., Arroyo, T.K., Spotorno, A. and Loz, E. (eds), Diversidad Biológica de Chile, Comisión nacional de ciencia y tecnología (CONICYT), Santiago-Chile.

Formas, J. R., Benavides, E. and Cuevas, C.C. 2003. A new species of Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Río Vilama, northern Chile, and the redescription of T. halli Noble. Herpetologica [2003]: 253-270.

Ganadero, Servicio Agrícola. 1998. Cartilla de caza. Imp. I. Flores, Santiago de Chile.

Glade, A. (1993). Red List of Chilean Terrestrial vertebrates. Corporación nacional forestal (CONAF), Santiago-Chile.

Köhler, J. (2000). Amphibian diversity in Bolivia: a study with special reference to montane forest regions. Bonner Zoologische Monographien: 1-243.

von Tschirnhaus, Jakob and Correa, Claudio. (2021). Third time’s the charm: The definitive rediscovery of Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938 (Anura, Telmatobiidae) at its historic type locality. ARPHA Preprints. doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e68571

Veloso, A. and Navarro, J. (1988). Lista Sistemática y distribución geográfica de anfibios y reptiles de Chile. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino [1988]: 481-539.

Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Ramón Formas. (2010). Telmatobius halli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T21582A9292106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T21582A9292106.en . Downloaded on 17 October 2015.

Veloso, A., Sallaberry, M., Navarro, J., Iturra, P., Valencia, J., Penna, M. and Díaz, N. (1982). Contribución sistemática al conocimiento de la herpetofauna del extremo norte de Chile. In: Veloso, A. and Bustos-Obregón, E. (eds), El ambiente natural y las poblaciones humanas de los Andes del norte grande de Chile (Arica, Lat 18º 28' S), Vol. 1, pp. 135-268. ROSTLAC, UNESCO, Montevideo, Uruguay.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19942/telmatobius-halli

https://www.reuters.com/article/chile-frog/chilean-scientists-rediscover-ghost-frog-in-far-flung-desert-hot-spring-idUSL2N2GK0L5

 

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