Gastrotheca phalarosa

Gastrotheca phalarosa
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hemiphractidae
Genus:	Gastrotheca
Species:	G. phalarosa
Binomial name
Gastrotheca phalarosa Duellman and Venegas, 2005
Synonyms
Gastrotheca phalarosa Duellman and Venegas, 2005 Gastrotheca (Gastrotheca) phalarosa Duellman, 2015

Gastrotheca phalarosa is a frog. It lives in Peru.

Home

This frog lives in Yungas forests. People have seen the frogs on grass and near bromeliad plants that grow on the ground. Scientists have seen the frog between 3,119 m (10,233 ft) and 3,435 m (11,270 ft) above sea level.

Scientists have seen the frog in one protected place: Los Chilchos Private Conservation Area.

Young

The tadpoles swim in the water. Scientists found tadpoles in one small pool 40 cm deep.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say they do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out.

First paper

• Venegas P (2005). "Marsupial frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Andes of northern Peru with descriptions of two new species". Herpetologica. 61: 295–307.

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