''Telmatobius brachydactylus'', the Amable Maria frog, is an

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species of

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in the family

Telmatobiidae ''Telmatobius'' is a genus of frogs native to the Andean highlands in South America, where they are found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. It is the only genus in the family Telmatobiidae. Some sources recogni ...

. This

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frog is

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to tributaries of

Lake Junín Lake Junin (; Spanish ''Lago Junín'', named after the nearby town of Junin) or Chinchaycocha (possibly from Quechua ''chincha, chinchay'' north, northern, ''chinchay'' ocelot, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "northern lake" or "ocelot lake") is the larg ...

(not in the lake itself) in central

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, where it is found at altitudes of . It is threatened by capture for human consumption. Although a fairly large species with a typical snout-vent length of and weight of , it is significantly smaller than the closely related and equally threatened

Lake Junin frog ''Telmatobius macrostomus'', also known as the Lake Junin (giant) frog or Andes smooth frog, is a very large and endangered species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae.Angulo, A. (2008). "Conservation needs of Batrachophrynus and Tel ...

(''T. macrostomus''). These two are sometimes placed in the genus ''

Batrachophrynus ''Telmatobius'' is a genus of frogs native to the Andean highlands in South America, where they are found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. It is the only genus in the family Telmatobiidae. Some sources recogni ...

''.Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani and Young, editors (2008). ''Threatened Amphibians of the World.''

References

brachydactylus Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1873 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Leptodactylidae-stub