| Gastrotheca pacchamama | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Gastrotheca |
| Species: | G. pacchamama |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrotheca pacchamama Duellman, 1987 | |
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The Ayacucho marsupial frog (Gastrotheca pacchamama) is a frog. It lives in Peru.
The adult male frog can be as big as 37.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 38.0 mm. The skin of the frog's back can be gray, red, green, or light brown. Some frogs have darker markings and some do not. The markings are always the same color as the rest of the back. The marks are between the eyes, next to the backbone, in the middle of the back, spots, or other marks. The eardrum is dark brown, gray, or green in color.
This frog lives on the ground in forests and puna grassy places. People see this frog under rocks. Scientists have seen the frog between 2,735 and 4,600 m (8,973 and 15,092 ft) above sea level.
The female frog carries her eggs in a bag of skin on her back. Scientists think the young come out as small froglets, not tadpoles.
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out. In some places, it is in danger from fires. In other places, human beings change the places where the frog lives by making roads things to move fuel, places to raise cows, and farms, for example coca and coffee farms.
