Endangered
Telmatobius intermedius
Telmatobius intermedius
Telmatobius intermedius is a frog in the family Telmatobiidae (order Anura), recorded as Endangered and tied to Peru.
The frog
Telmatobius intermedius is a frog in the family Telmatobiidae (order Anura).
Range and habitat
Its natural habitats are streams in subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Scientists have found this frog in one protected park: Reserva Nacional Pampas Galeras.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.
Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.
In crisis
The IUCN classifies this frog as endangered and the government of Peru classifies it as data deficient. Scientists also believe the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, that has killed many frogs in South America, may also be a threat.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Telmatobius intermedius is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Telmatobius intermedius, Wikidata item Q2209792. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
