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Telmatobius pefauri Veloso & Trueb, 1976:2

Arico water frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Telmatobius zapahuirensis Veloso, Sallaberry, Navarro, Iturra, Valencia, Penna & Díaz, 1982

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1976

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Murmuntani, Parinacota Province, Chile (northern)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Veloso, A. and Trueb, L. (1976). Description of a new species of telmatobiine frog, Telmatobius (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae), from the Andes of northern Chile. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas 62: 1-10.

 

Other references:

Fibla, P., Sáez, P.A., Salinas, H., Araya, C., Sallaberry, M. & Méndez, M.A. (2017). The taxonomic status of two Telmatobius (Anura: Telmatobiidae) frog species from the western Andean slopes of northernmost Chile. Zootaxa 4250(4): 301-314.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2015. Telmatobius pefauri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T21583A79809777. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21583A79809777.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2015.

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

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: 481-539.

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.

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