Alsodes kaweshkari

Alsodes kaweshkari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alsodidae
Genus: Alsodes
Species: A. kaweshkari
Binomial name
Alsodes kaweshkari
Formas, Cuevas, Núñez, 1998

Alsodes kaweshkari is a species of frog in the Alsodidae family endemic to southern Chile where it is known from two localities (Puerto Edén and Seno Huemules). Its natural habitat is tundra and small forests. It was last seen in 1998 and expeditions in 2001 and 2002 in the same area failed to find it. The threats are unknown but it is known to occur in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.

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