Gastrotheca testudinea

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]

Gastrotheca testudinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species:
G. testudinea
Binomial name
Gastrotheca testudinea
Synonyms

Nototrema testudineum Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
Nototrema viviparum Andersson, 1945
Gastrotheca viviparum (Andersson, 1945)

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. Monteza, J.I.; Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S.; Reichle, S.; Angulo, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. (2004). "Gastrotheca testudinea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55361A11299009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55361A11299009.en.
  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. 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" (PDF). PeerJ Preprints. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.2710v1.


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