Telmatobius thompsoni

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	CERATOPHRYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Telmatobius thompsoni
Species Authority:	Wiens, 1993

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A3e ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Daniel Neira, Jorge Luis Martinez
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Endangered because of a population decline, projected to be more than 50% over the next 10 years, inferred from the potential impact of chytridiomycosis on populations of this species

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality: "13km ESE Yamobamba, 18km SE Agallpampa on road from Otuzco to Huamachuco (75° 09'S; 78° 36'W)" in the Cordillera Occidental, Huamachuco (La Libertad Department), in the northern Peruvian Andes. It has been collected at 3,290m asl. Its distribution is poorly known and it is likely to occur more widely.
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a riparian, semi-aquatic frog, that breeds in streams, pools and marshes in very humid subalpine páramo. It is not known from degraded habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is no information on immediate threats to the species. Populations of other species in the genus living at high elevations are susceptible to infection with chytridiomycosis, and, although the pathogen has yet to be reported from Telmatobius thompsoni, this species would appear to be at risk.

Major Threat(s):

There is no information on immediate threats to the species. Populations of other species in the genus living at high elevations are susceptible to infection with chytridiomycosis, and, although the pathogen has yet to be reported from Telmatobius thompsoni, this species would appear to be at risk.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Survey work is needed to establish the population status of this species, and it requires careful population monitoring, particularly given the risk of chytridiomycosis. It is not known to be present in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

Survey work is needed to establish the population status of this species, and it requires careful population monitoring, particularly given the risk of chytridiomycosis. It is not known to be present in any protected areas.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Daniel Neira, Jorge Luis Martinez 2004. Telmatobius thompsoni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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