Gastrotheca lateonota

Gastrotheca lateonota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hemiphractidae
Genus:Gastrotheca
Species: G. lateonota
Binomial name
Gastrotheca lateonota
Duellman and Trueb, 1988

Gastrotheca lateonota (common name: El Tambo marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is known from its type locality, El Tambo near Canchaque, Cordillera de Huancabamba, at an elevation of 2,770 m (9,090 ft) asl in Peru, and from the area of Chillacoche in the El Oro Province of Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is cloud forest. Habitat loss is a possible threat.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Angulo, A. & Wild, E. (2004). "Gastrotheca lateonota". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55340A11295641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55340A11295641.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Gastrotheca lateonota Duellman and Trueb, 1988". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 August 2015.


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