Gastrotheca: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hemiphractidae
- Genus
- Gastrotheca
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gastrotheca
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gastrotheca
Gastrotheca is a genus of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae. They are found in Central America south of Costa Rica and in South America. Most species occur in the American Cordillera from southern Costa Rica to north-western Argentina. This genus makes up the bulk of marsupial frog diversity; formerly it was placed in the "Leptodactylidae" assemblage.
Marsupial frogs are so-called because they possess a dorsal brood pouch. In some species the eggs are fertilized on the female's lower back, and are inserted in her pouch with the aid of the male's toes. The eggs remain in contact with the female's vascular tissue, which provides them oxygen.
Gastrotheca guentheri (Guenther's marsupial frog) is the only known frog with true teeth in its lower jaw. Gastrotheca riobambae (Andean marsupial tree frog) is kept as pet and is used in scientific experiments.
Gastrotheca gemma was additionally discovered in 2021.
...Gastrotheca in languages:
- Czech
- vakorosnička
- English
- Marsupial Frogs
- German
- Beutelfrösche
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Gastrotheca abdita
- Gastrotheca aguaruna
- Gastrotheca albolineata
- Gastrotheca andaquiensis
- Gastrotheca angustifrons
- Gastrotheca antomia
- Gastrotheca antoniiochoai
- Gastrotheca aratia
- Gastrotheca argenteovirens
- Gastrotheca atympana
- Gastrotheca aureomaculata
- Gastrotheca bufona
- Gastrotheca carinaceps
- Gastrotheca christiani
- Gastrotheca chrysosticta
- Gastrotheca coeruleomaculatus
- Gastrotheca cornuta
- Gastrotheca cuencana
- Gastrotheca dendronastes
- Gastrotheca dissimilis
- Gastrotheca dunni
- Gastrotheca dysprosita
- Gastrotheca elicioi
- Gastrotheca ernestoi
- Gastrotheca espeletia
- Gastrotheca excubitor
- Gastrotheca fissipes
- Gastrotheca flamma
- Gastrotheca flavodactyla
- Gastrotheca fulvorufa
- Gastrotheca galeata
- Gastrotheca gemma
- Gastrotheca gracilis
- Gastrotheca griswoldi
- Gastrotheca guentheri
- Gastrotheca helenae
- Gastrotheca lateonota
- Gastrotheca litonedis
- Gastrotheca lojana
- Gastrotheca longipes
- Gastrotheca marsupiata
- Gastrotheca megacephala
- Gastrotheca microdiscus
- Gastrotheca monticola
- Gastrotheca nebulanastes
- Gastrotheca nicefori
- Gastrotheca ochoai
- Gastrotheca oresbios
- Gastrotheca orophylax
- Gastrotheca ossilaginis
- Gastrotheca ovifera
- Gastrotheca pacchamama
- Gastrotheca pachachacae
- Gastrotheca peruana
- Gastrotheca phalarosa
- Gastrotheca phelloderma
- Gastrotheca plumbea
- Gastrotheca prasina
- Gastrotheca pseustes
- Gastrotheca psychrophila
- Gastrotheca pulchra
- Gastrotheca rebeccae
- Gastrotheca recava
- Gastrotheca riobambae
- Gastrotheca ruizi
- Gastrotheca spectabilis
- Gastrotheca splendens
- Gastrotheca stictopleura
- Gastrotheca testudinea
- Gastrotheca trachyceps
- Gastrotheca trachyplevra
- Gastrotheca turnerorum
- Gastrotheca walkeri
- Gastrotheca weinlandii
- Gastrotheca williamsoni
- Gastrotheca yacuri
- Gastrotheca zeugocystis































































































































































