Lake Titicaca water frogs live in the eponymous lake in the Andes Mountains. The lofty elevation there, above 12,500 feet, can give people altitude sickness. But these high-living frogs have evolved baggy, wrinkly skins to help them cope, a feature that gives them a bit of a testicular look — and the moniker “scrotum frogs.” The extra surface area of these frogs lets them absorb more oxygen in their cold-water homes. We think they’re cute as heck, but they did win fourth place in the British Sci
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Critically endangered, the Lake Titicaca frog is fully aquatic, and has wrinkly skin which it breathes through in a process called 'cutaneous respiration'. They are also called the 'push up frog' because they do little push-ups that drive water along their skin to absorb oxygen, an adaptation for living in cold water. They have adapted to what is often called the highest navigable lake in the world, with a surface elevation of 12,507 ft. Sadly, Peruvians consider the Lake Titicaca frog to be an
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Visitors to the Herpetarium will notice a brand-new habitat that opened over the weekend. The Herpetarium is now home to the Lake Titicaca frog (Telmatobius coleus), the largest aquatic frog found in Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia. Once a common frog, the Lake Titicaca frog is currently listed as critically endangered. It has experienced a serious population decline—estimated to be more than 80 percent over the last three generations—due to over-exploitation, habitat degradation and invasive
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