Phrynopus tautzorum
Phrynopus tautzorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Strabomantidae |
Genus: | Phrynopus |
Species: | P. tautzorum |
Binomial name | |
Phrynopus tautzorum Lehr & Aguilar, 2003[2] |
Phrynopus tautzorum is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.[3] It is endemic to Peru and only known from its type locality near Maraypata, in the Ambo Province, Huánuco Region, at 3,770 m (12,370 ft) asl.[3] It lives in the puna grassland ecoregion. Individuals have found under stones on moist underground. Livestock farming occurred at the type locality, but its impact on this species is unknown.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Phrynopus tautzorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T135826A89217288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T135826A89217288.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Lehr, E., & Aguilar, C. "A new species of Phrynopus (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the puna of Maraypata (Departamento de Huánuco, Peru)." Zoologische Abhandlungen Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 52 (2002): 57-64.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Phrynopus tautzorum Lehr and Aguilar, 2003". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 October 2022.