Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hemiphractidae > Gastrotheca > Gastrotheca ovifera

Gastrotheca ovifera (Marsupial frog)

Synonyms: Hyla vogli; Notodelphis dorsigera; Notodelphys ovifera; Nototrema oviferum; Opisthodelphys ovifera

Wikipedia Abstract

Gastrotheca ovifera (Spanish: Rana Marsupial Comun or Rana Marsupial) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Gastrotheca ovifera

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Gastrotheca ovifera

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.84
EDGE Score: 4.37
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera La Costa montane forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Venezuelan Andes montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Area Metropolitana de Caracas Protective Zone 208310 Venezuela  
El Avila National Park 210514 Venezuela    
Macarao National Park II 44345 Venezuela  
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park 218030 Venezuela  
Sierra de Aroa Protective Zone 279229 Venezuela  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0