Telmatobius laticeps (Laurent, 1977:191)
Tucuman water frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Telmatobius hauthali laticeps Laurent, 1977:191 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Missing (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2019; Barrionuevo, 2026)
Last record: 1992; 1993 (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2019; Barrionuevo, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Tafí valley, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Laurent, R. F. (1977). Contribucion al conocimiento del genero Telmatobius: 4a Nota. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 1977: 189-206.
Other references:
Andreone, Franco et al. (2022). Threatened and extinct amphibians and reptiles in Italian natural history collections are useful conservation tools. Acta Herpetologica 17(1): 45-58. doi:10.36253/a_h-12349
Barrionuevo, J. Sebastián. (2012). Telmatobius laticeps Laurent, 1977 In: Categorización del Estado de Conservación de la Herpetofauna de la República Argentina. Ficha de los Taxones. Anfibios. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26(supl. 1): 181.
Barrionuevo, J. Sebastián. (2017). Frogs at the summits: phylogeny of the Andean frogs of the genus Telmatobius (Anura, Telmatobiidae) based on phenotypic characters. Cladistics 33: 41-68. DOI: /10.1111/cla.12158.
Barrionuevo, J. Sebastián. (2026). Telmatobius laticeps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T57347A281554565. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T57347A281554565.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Barrionuevo, J. Sebastián and Ponssa, Laura María. (2008). Decline of three species of the genus Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Tucumán Province, Argentina. Herpetologica 64(1): 47-62. [Abstract]
Esteban Lavilla. (2004). Telmatobius laticeps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 November 2014.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2019). Telmatobius laticeps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T57347A3059021. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T57347A3059021.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
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