Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Telmatobiidae > Telmatobius > Telmatobius brevirostris

Telmatobius brevirostris (Shortsnout water frog)

Synonyms: Telmatobius brevirostris brevirostris; Telmatobius brevirostris parvulus

Wikipedia Abstract

Telmatobius brevirostris is a species of frog in the Telmatobiidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are moist montane forests ("cloud forest"), high-altitude shrubland, and rivers. It does not occur in cultivated areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Telmatobius brevirostris

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Telmatobius brevirostris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
60
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.76
EDGE Score: 4.63
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Peruvian Yungas Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0