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1 Sol Giant Titicaca Frog
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief of the Giant Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus) is depicted in the central field, shown in a naturalistic pose with its characteristic wrinkled, loose skin rendered in fine detail. The denomination 1 SOL appears in the lower field beneath the frog. The legend RANA GIGANTE DEL TITICACA arcs along the upper periphery, with the scientific name Telmatobius culeus inscribed below it. The stylized LIMA mint mark appears to the left, and the series privy mark — consisting of concentric circles with a bird motif denoting the Endangered Fauna of Peru series — is present in the field. |
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Issued as part of Peru's ongoing "Riqueza y Orgullo del Perú" commemorative circulation series, this coin honors the Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus), a fully aquatic species endemic to Lake Titicaca at roughly 3,800 meters elevation. The species absorbs oxygen directly through its heavily folded skin — an adaptation to the lake's cold, oxygen-poor water. By 2019, population surveys had documented catastrophic declines driven by water contamination and overharvesting for supposed medicinal use, placing the frog on the IUCN critically endangered list.