Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hemiphractidae > Gastrotheca > Gastrotheca aureomaculata

Gastrotheca aureomaculata (Marsupial frog)

Synonyms: Gastrotheca mertensi

Wikipedia Abstract

Gastrotheca aureomaculata is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Gastrotheca aureomaculata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Gastrotheca aureomaculata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.84
EDGE Score: 2.98
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.992 inches (7.6 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Magdalena Valley montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

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