Gastrotheca marsupiata

(Gastrotheca marsupiata)

Description

Gastrotheca marsupiata is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is found in the Amazonian drainage systems of Andes from central Peru to southern Bolivia. Its common names are marsupian frog, common marsupial frog, and for now synonymized Leptodactylus/Eleutherodactylus andicola, Boettger's robber frog. It is locally common frog present in primary, secondary and disturbed cloud and montane forests in the valleys of the central Andes.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hemiphractidae
Genus:Gastrotheca
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