Phrynopus tautzorum

Phrynopus tautzorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Subfamily: Holoadeninae
Genus: Phrynopus
Species: P. tautzorum
Binomial name
Phrynopus tautzorum
Lehr & Aguilar, 2003[2]

Phrynopus tautzorum is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. 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

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Phrynopus tautzorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Phrynopus tautzorum Lehr and Aguilar, 2003". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 June 2015.


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