Gastrotheca microdiscus

Gastrotheca microdiscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species:
G. microdiscus
Binomial name
Gastrotheca microdiscus
(Andersson, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nototrema microdiscus Andersson In Lönnberg and Andersson, 1910
  • Opisthodelphis microdiscum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
  • Gastrotheca microdisca Cochran, 1955 "1954"
  • Gastrotheca (Opisthodelphys) microdiscus Dubois, 1987 "1986"
  • Gastrotheca (Australotheca) microdiscus Duellman, 2015
  • Gastrotheca (Alainia) microdiscus Duellman and Cannatella, 2018
  • Alainia microdiscus Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021
Gastrotheca microdiscus in Brazil

Gastrotheca microdiscus is a frog species in the frog family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil between southern São Paulo and Santa Catarina states.

Habitat

This canopy-dwelling arboreal frog lives only in primary forest with significant numbers of bromeliads, with which the frogs associate. The frog has been reported between 800 and 1,500 m (2,600 and 4,900 ft) above sea level and has been reported in formally protected areas.

Reproduction

The female frog carries her eggs in a pouch on her back. The eggs hatch into small froglets, which develop in bromeliad plantss.

Danger

The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. What threat it faces comes from habitat loss in favor of agriculture, silviculture, and cattle grazing. Collection of orinmental bromeliads may also affect this frog.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Tiny-fingered Marsupial Frog: Gastrotheca microdiscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T55345A172201526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T55345A172201526.en. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson, 1910)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson, 1910)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 1, 2026.