Gastrotheca_testudinea

<i>Gastrotheca testudinea</i>

Gastrotheca testudinea

Species of frog

Gastrotheca testudinea (common name: Espada's marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It has a widespread latitudinal range along the eastern (Amazonian) slopes of the Andes of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.[2][3]

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An arboreal direct-development marsupial frog, G. testudinea dwells in foothill, low montane, and cloud forests at elevations from 700–2,775 m (2,297–9,104 ft) above sea level.[3] Despite its wide distribution, Gastrotheca testudinea is seldom collected or recorded, probably due to its arboreal habits, and much remains to be known about its distribution and natural history.[3] Habitat loss is a threat to it.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Gastrotheca testudinea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55361A89203902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55361A89203902.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. [3]
    Urgilés, Verónica L.; Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan Carlos; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F (2017-01-08). "Notes on the distribution of Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador". PeerJ Preprints. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.2710v1.


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