Gastrotheca monticola

Gastrotheca monticola is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Peru; records from Ecuador probably refer to other species.[1][2] Gastrotheca lojana was formerly considered a subspecies of this species, but is now treated as a full species.[1]

Gastrotheca monticola

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Gastrotheca
Species:
G. monticola
Binomial name
Gastrotheca monticola
Barbour and Noble, 1920

Gastrotheca monticola occurs in a range of montane habitats with trees at elevations of 1,900–3,235 m (6,234–10,614 ft) above sea level; it has been recorded shrubs in humid montane tropical forests, arboreal bromeliads, and from a variety of modified habitats (villages, banana and coffee plantations, brush and riparian forest patches within plots of arable land). The female carries the eggs in pouch on her back and deposits the tadpoles in a stream.[1]

It is a common species in northern Peru. It can be locally threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Gastrotheca monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T57460802A43185891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T57460802A43185891.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Gastrotheca monticola Barbour and Noble, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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