Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Telmatobius peruvianus Wiegmann, 1834, in Meyen (ed.), Reise in die Erde K. Preuss. Seehandl., 3(Zool.): 512. Subsequently published by Wiegmann, 1834, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caesar Leopold Carol., Halle, 17: 262. Type(s): Not stated, although presumably originally in ZMB. Type locality: "Peru"; restricted to Cordillera de Guatilla [Chile], near Palca, two days' journey east of Tacna [Peru] by Schmidt, 1928, Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., 32: 98-105.

English Names

Peru Water Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 85).

Distribution

Northern Chile (Putre, Parinacota Province) and adjacent southeastern Peru (Moquegua and Tacna departments), ca. 3300 m elevation.

Comment

The name Telmatobius peruvianus was published twice: first in 1834 ( Wiegmann, 1834, in Meyen (ed.), Reise in die Erde K. Preuss. Seehandl., 3(Zool.)), and then in early 1835 ( Wiegmann, 1834, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caesar Leopold Carol., Halle, 17: 185-268). For additional discussion see Lavilla, 1997, Cuad. Herpetol., 11: 75-80, Anonymous, 1910, Cat. Books Mss Maps Brit. Mus., Vol. 3, and Bauer and Adler, 2001, Arch. Nat. Hist., London, 28: 313-326. See accounts by Vellard, 1954, Trav. Inst. Franç. Études Andines, 4: 1-57, Cei, 1962, Batr. Chile: 56-58, and Veloso, Sallaberry-Ayerza, Navarro, Iturra-Constant, Valencia, Penna, and Diaz, 1982, in Veloso and Bustos (eds.), El Ambiente Nat. y Los Pobl. Humanas de los Andes: 149-155. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 417.

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