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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  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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