Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Telmatobiidae > Telmatobius > Telmatobius oxycephalus

Telmatobius oxycephalus (Red-headed water frog)

Synonyms: Telmatobius barrioi; Telmatobius oxycephalus barrioi; Telmatobius oxycephalus oxycephalus

Wikipedia Abstract

Telmatobius oxycephalus is a species of frog in the Telmatobiidae family.It is endemic to Argentina.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.
View Wikipedia Record: Telmatobius oxycephalus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Telmatobius oxycephalus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
49
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.76
EDGE Score: 3.93
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southern Andean Yungas Bolivia, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Calilegua National Park II 188556 Jujuy, Argentina  

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Polystoma praecox[2]

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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