Junín Giant Frog
Telmatobius macrostomus
Telmatobius macrostomus, also known as the Lake Junin (giant) frog or Andes smooth frog, is a very large species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae. This completely aquatic frog is endemic to lakes at altitudes of 3,200–4,300 m (10,500–14,100 ft) in the Andes of Junín and Pasco in central Peru. An introduced population occurs in slow-moving parts of the upper Mantaro River.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 135145.