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Gastrotheca orophylax (Marsupial frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Gastrotheca orophylax is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Gastrotheca orophylax

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Gastrotheca orophylax

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

Litter Size [1]  22
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.913 inches (7.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northern Andean páramo Ecuador, Colombia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Laguna la Cocha - Cerro Patascoy National Protective Forests Reserves 123671 Colombia  

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