Paratelmatobius mantiqueira
| Paratelmatobius mantiqueira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Paratelmatobius |
| Species: | P. mantiqueira
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal and Haddad, 1999[2]
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Paratelmatobius mantiqueira is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Brazil where it is known from the Mantiqueira Mountains in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[3][4][1]
Description
This is the smallest frog in Paratelmatobius. The adult male frog measures 14.4 to 16.7 mm in snout-vent length. There is no webbed skin on the front feet.[4]
Habitat
People found this frog on the leaf litter in closed-canopy primary and secondary rainforests. This frog has high habitat specificity, known only from high-altitude areas containing stream headwaters. Scientists have observed this frog between 1650 and 1700 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists saw this frog in a protected area, Área de Proteção Ambiental São Francisco Xavier. They think it may live in Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Reserva dos Muriquis too.[1]
Reproduction
These frogs have young in pools of water in very small permanent and temporary streams. The free-living tadpoles swim in the water.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this species as critically endangered. Its largest threat is habitat loss from forest conversion to agriculture and urbanizationa and abstraction of water for canals and other purposes.[1]
Scientists detected the dangerous fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on other frogs in the frog's range, but they do not the extent to which chytridiomycosis threatens P. mantiqueria.[1]
Climate change could also threaten this frog because it lives in forests high above sea level.[1] Animals that live in such places tend to climb higher into cooler habitats when necessary, but this frog may find no suitable habitat at such elevations.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna. (2023). "Paratelmatobius mantiqueira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T57196A172227094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57196A172227094.en. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ Pombal, J. P. Jr. & C. F. B. Haddad (1999). "Frogs of the genus Paratelmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Copeia. 1999 (4): 1014–1026. doi:10.2307/1447976. JSTOR 1447976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal and Haddad, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ a b Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal & Haddad, 1999". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 19, 2025.