| Gastrotheca trachyceps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Gastrotheca |
| Species: | G. trachyceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrotheca trachyceps Duellman, 1987 | |
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The Cerro Munchique marsupial frog (Gastrotheca trachyceps) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.
The adult male frog is about 50.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 67.9 mm. The skin of the frog's back is green or brown in color with dark brown stripes or spots. The belly is cream-gray in color with some darker marks. There is pale skin near the mouth and in a few other place son othe body. The sides of the body are green or brown in color, but there is blue color with black spots on the upper hind legs and where they meet the body.
People see this frog on plants near streams inside forests. The frog hides in bromeliad plants. Scientists have seen the frog between 2,170 and 2,768 m (7,119 and 9,081 ft) above sea level.
Scientists have seen this frog in a protected place, Munchique National Park.
The female frog carries her eggs in a bag of skin on her back. The eggs are next to her blood tubes, so they get oxygen. The eggs come out as small froglets, not tadpoles.
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of danger of dying out. Even though all the frogs live in a protected place, people still build farms there, even though this is against the law. The frogs are also in danger from eucalyptus tree farms and the chemicals people use to protect these trees.
