Gastrotheca lateonota (common name: El Tambo marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. 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]

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Gastrotheca lateonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55340A89203248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T55340A89203248.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  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.