Pehuenche Spiny-chest Frog
Alsodes pehuenche
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Amphibians
Alsodes pehuenche is a species of frog in the family Alsodidae. It is endemic to Pehuenche Valley in the Andes of southern Mendoza Province, Argentina, and the adjacent Chile. At the time of the assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2012, the species was known from six streams in an area encompassing some 9 km2. A study published in 2013 extended the known range a few kilometers west and included another Chilean stream.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Alsodidae
- Genus
- Alsodes