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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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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18 inches long, with folds of baggy skin, the Titicaca water frog has adapted to breathe oxygen through its skin. It never leaves the water and never breathes the air. Discover more extreme survival techniques tonight at 9 on The Wild Andes. http://bit.ly/2AI18lz #WildWednesday | Smithsonian Channel
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