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Telmatobius laticeps (Laurent, 1977:191)

Tucuman water frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Telmatobius hauthali laticeps Laurent, 1977:191 (original combination)

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1992

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

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 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.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10283/telmatobius-laticeps

 

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