Phrynopus peruanus Peters, 1873
Peters' Andes frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1874
Rediscovered in December 2005
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Junín Region, Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Peters, W.C.H. (1873). Über zwei Giftschlangen aus Afrika und über neue oder weniger bekannte Gattungen und Arten von Batrachiern. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 411-418.
Other references:
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014). Phrynopus peruanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 July 2014.
Lehr, E. (2007). Rediscovery of Phrynopus peruanus Peters 1874 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae). Zootaxa 1485: 51-57. [Abstract]
Lynch, J.D. 1975. A review of the Andean Leptodactylid frog genus Phrynopus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas: 1-51.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]