Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Telmatobiidae > Genus: Telmatobius > Species: Telmatobius mendelsoni

Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb, and Duellman, 2012, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 7: 92. Holotype: KU 173385, by original designation. Type locality: "Buenos Aires, Valle del Río Kosñipata, Distrito de Kosñipata, Provincia de Paucartambo, Región (Departamento) Cusco, Peru, 13° 09′ 31″ S, 71° 35′ 216″W, 2400 m".

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Valle del Río Kosñipata, Distrito de Kosñipata, Provincia de Paucartambo, Región (Departamento) Cusco, Peru, ca. 2400 m elevation; also 262 km to the north at Ccarapa, Ayacucho, Peru.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

The distribution and range extension to the north was discussed by Ttito, Landauro, Venegas, De la Riva, and Chaparro, 2016, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 83: 265. 

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