| Microkayla boettgeri | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Microkayla |
| Species: | M. boettgeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Microkayla boettgeri (Lehr, 2006) | |
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Microkayla boettgeri is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Peru and only known from its type locality in the Limbani District, on the Cordillera Oriental of southeastern Peru.
Microkayla boettgeri inhabit cloud forest with small bushes and trees and small streams. They are found under rocks during the day.
Deforestation is known to occur in the area of the type locality, representing a threat to this species.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Microkayla boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136021A89219032. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- Lehr, E. (2006). "Taxonomic status of some species of Peruvian Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with the description of a new species from the Andes of southern Peru". Herpetologica. 62 (3): 331–347. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[331:tsosso]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3893490.
- "Microkayla boettgeri (Lehr, 2006) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Psychrophrynella boettgeri | |
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