Critically Endangered
Telmatobius simonsi
Telmatobius simonsi
Telmatobius simonsi is a frog in the family Telmatobiidae (order Anura), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Bolivia.
The frog
Telmatobius simonsi is a frog in the family Telmatobiidae (order Anura).
Range and habitat
This aquatic frog lives in streams in cloud forests and Yungas forests. Scientists observed this frog between 1000 and 2800 meters above sea level in valleys between the Andes Mountains.
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 critically endangered. Habitat loss in favor of agriculture and logging are also threats.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Telmatobius simonsi is Critically 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 simonsi, Wikidata item Q2246695. 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.
