Telmatobius culeus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the telmatobius culeus lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Telmatobius culeus
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Telmatobiidae

Where does the telmatobius culeus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the telmatobius culeus in 2 countries and territories across South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the telmatobius culeus endangered?

The telmatobius culeus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the telmatobius culeus?

The telmatobius culeus (Telmatobius culeus) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Telmatobiidae, genus Telmatobius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the telmatobius culeus

Telmatobius culeus, commonly known as the Titicaca water frog or Lake Titicaca frog, is a medium-large to very large and endangered species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae. It is entirely aquatic and found only in the Lake Titicaca basin, including rivers that flow into it and smaller connected lakes like Arapa, Lagunillas and Saracocha, in the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru. In reference to its loose skin, it is sometimes jokingly referred to as the Titicaca scrotum frog.

It is closely related to the more widespread and semiaquatic marbled water frog (T. marmoratus), which also occurs in shallow, coastal parts of Lake Titicaca, but lacks the excessive skin and it is generally smaller (although overlapping in size with some forms of the Titicaca water frog).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Telmatobius culeus (revision 1380754610), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1628083 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).