Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus)

Species information

Lake Titicaca frog

Facts

Also known as:	Titicaca water frog, white water frog and Crawford's water frog
Previously known as:	Cyclorhamphus coleus, T. escomeli, T. e. escomeli, T. culeus albiventris, T. e. crawfordi, T. e. exsul, T. a. albiventris, T. a. parkeri, T. a. punensis, T. c. exsul, T. c. culeus, T. c. dispar, T. c. escomeli, T. c. fluviatilis, T. c. crawfordi, T. c. semipalmatus, T. c. parkeri, T. c. punensis, T. a. globulosus, T. a. punensis, T. c. albiventris, T. c. globulosus, T. c. crawfordi and T. c. lacustris

Also known as:

Titicaca water frog, white water frog and Crawford's water frog

Previously known as:

Cyclorhamphus coleus, T. escomeli, T. e. escomeli, T. culeus albiventris, T. e. crawfordi, T. e. exsul, T. a. albiventris, T. a. parkeri, T. a. punensis, T. c. exsul, T. c. culeus, T. c. dispar, T. c. escomeli, T. c. fluviatilis, T. c. crawfordi, T. c. semipalmatus, T. c. parkeri, T. c. punensis, T. a. globulosus, T. a. punensis, T. c. albiventris, T. c. globulosus, T. c. crawfordi and T. c. lacustris

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Amphibia
Order	Anura
Family	Leptodactylidae
Genus	Telmatobius (1)

Status

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1).

Description

ARKive is working with IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, to source images of the world's threatened amphibian species. Together with Conservation International and NatureServe, IUCN has led a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status for the world's known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians. To date, the project has involved the input of more than 600 herpetologists from around the world.

IUCN Red List category, and details of range, ecology, threats and conservation information for every known amphibian species, can be found on the IUCN Red List website.

View information on this species at the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Find out more

For more information on the assessment of the conservation status of the world's amphibians, please see the amphibian portal on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at www.iucnredlist.org/amphibians