Biology:Gastrotheca testudinea

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Gastrotheca testudinea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species:
G. testudinea
Binomial name
Gastrotheca testudinea
(Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)
Synonyms

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

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]

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. 1.0 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55361/89203902. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  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. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Hemiphractinae/Gastrotheca/Gastrotheca-testudinea. Retrieved 15 January 2017. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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" (in en). PeerJ Preprints. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.2710v1. https://zenodo.org/record/290206. 

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