Gastrotheca abdita

Gastrotheca abdita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species:
G. abdita
Binomial name
Gastrotheca abdita
Duellman, 1987
Synonyms
  • Gastrotheca abdita Duellman, 1987
  • Gastrotheca (Duellmania) abdita Duellman, 2015

The Cordillera Colan marsupial frog (Gastrotheca abdita) is a frog. It lives in Peru.

Body

The adult male frog can be as big as 35 mm from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 46.2 mm. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color.

Home

This frog lives in Cordillera de Colán, higher up in the mountains where no trees grow. People see them in grassy places, bogs, and on bromeliad plants. Scientists have seen the frog between 2,970 and 3,330 m (9,740 and 10,930 ft) above sea level.

Scientists think this frog might live in one protected place: Santuario Nacional Cordillera de Colán.

Young

The female frog carries her eggs in a bag of skin on her back. The young come out as small froglets, not swimming tadpoles.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say they do not know if the frog is in danger of dying out. The frog's home, Cordillera de Colán, is far from where human beings live and work. Scientists think the frogs might be in danger from farms, but they are not sure.

First paper

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Cordillera Colan Marsupial Frog: Gastrotheca abdita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T55320A89202974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55320A89202974.en. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. "Gastrotheca abdita Duellman, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Gastrotheca abdita Duellman, 1987". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 2, 2026.