Alsodes igneus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2020 |amends=2019 |title=Alsodes igneus |volume=2020 |page=e.T61800A175788081 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T61800A175788081.en |access-date=30 June 2024}}

| taxon = Alsodes igneus

| authority = Cuevas & Formas, 2005{{cite journal |last1=Cuevas |first1=C. C. |last2=Formas |first2=J. R. |year=2005 |title=A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile |journal=Amphibia-Reptilia |volume=26 |pages=39–48 |doi=10.1163/1568538053693288 |url=https://www.academia.edu/4744790|doi-access=free }}

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| range_map = {{Location map | Chile

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| alt = Tolhuaca National Park in Chile

| lat_deg = -38.20

| lon_deg = -71.80

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| range_map_caption = A. igneus is only known from Tolhuaca National Park in Chile

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Alsodes igneus is a species of frogs in the family Alsodidae endemic to Chile; it is only known from its type locality, Tolhuaca National Park, Malleco Province, on the western slopes of the Andes. The specific name igneus, meaning "something that is of fire", was chosen to symbolize the survival of the population from a great forest fire that affected the type locality in 2000.

Description

Male Alsodes igneus measure about {{convert|46|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length (based on a single male) and females about {{convert|59|-|67|mm|abbr=on}} (based on two females, including the holotype). The snout is short and slightly truncated in dorsal view. There is a black ribbon extending below the canthus rostralis; the background colour is khaki. The dorsal surface is granular. Toes are scarcely fringed and webbing is absent. Tadpoles are up to {{convert|61|mm|abbr=on}} in length.

Habitat

The habitat of A. igneus is Nothofagus woodland; adults have been found at the edge of a small stream and the tadpoles among rocks within the stream. The altitude of the type locality is {{convert|920|m|abbr=on}}.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Alsodes/Alsodes-igneus |title=Alsodes igneus Cuevas and Formas, 2005 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=14 December 2016}}

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Category:Endemic fauna of Chile

Category:Amphibians of Chile

Category:Amphibians of Patagonia

Category:Frogs of South America

Category:Amphibians described in 2005

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot