Gold-spotted marsupial frog

Gastrotheca aureomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species: G. aureomaculata
Binomial name
Gastrotheca aureomaculata
Cochran & Goin, 1970
Synonyms

Gastrotheca mertensi Cochran & Goin, 1970

The gold-spotted marsupial frog (Gastrotheca aureomaculata) is a species of frogs in the Hemiphractidae family.

It is endemic to Colombia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. Gastrotheca aureomaculata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T55325A85896174. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/55325/0 Downloaded on 26 September 2017.


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