Telmatobius timens

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 timens
Species Authority:	De la Riva, Aparicio and Ríos, 2005

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Simon Stuart
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from three localities at 3,450-3,750m asl: Valle de Tojoloque, Franz Tamayo Province, La Paz Departament, western Bolivia; and two localities close to one another on the north slope of Abra Acanacú pass, 27km north-north-east (by road) of Paucartambo, in Cusco Departament, south-east Peru. The Bolivian and Peruvian localities are some 300km apart.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	No information is currently available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is known from humid páramo, but it is also suspected to occur in the upper limits of cloud forest. Individuals were found at night in a small pool, 50cm deep, and on rocks in a river, and in páramo on rocks, in crevices, on the ground, and in moss adjacent to streams. Reproduction is presumed to be by larval development in the streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Chytridiomycosis has devastated Telmatobius populations in Ecuador, and has been detected in T. marmoratus near Cusco in Peru (Seimon et al. 2005). Chytridiomycosis is therefore considered a very severe threat to this species, to the extent that such concerns have directed the etymology of its specific name, which means 'frightened', 'scared', or 'alarmed'.

Major Threat(s):

Chytridiomycosis has devastated Telmatobius populations in Ecuador, and has been detected in T. marmoratus near Cusco in Peru (Seimon et al. 2005). Chytridiomycosis is therefore considered a very severe threat to this species, to the extent that such concerns have directed the etymology of its specific name, which means 'frightened', 'scared', or 'alarmed'.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is known from the Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba in Bolivia.

Conservation Actions:

This species is known from the Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba in Bolivia.

Citation:	Simon Stuart 2006. Telmatobius timens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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