''Gastrotheca dunni'' is a species of
frog in the family
Hemiphractidae. It is
endemic to the northern part of the
Cordillera Occidental in northern
Antioquia,
Colombia
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.
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''dunni'' honors Emmett Reid Dunn, an American herpetologist.
Description
Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The head is slightly wider than it is long. The snout bluntly rounded. The tympanum is brown. The finger discs are much wider than the digits. The toes are about half-webbed. The dorsum is tan or dull green and may have dark brown longitudinal paravertebral markings or dark flecks. Most specimens have a pale dorsolateral stripe. The flanks are uniform gray or marked with dark spots. The ventrum is pale creamy gray, rarely with dark flecks.
Habitat and conservation
''Gastrotheca dunni'' is a common and adaptable species that occurs in primary and secondary forests and grasslands, as well as anthropogenic habitats such as plantations, farmland, and urban gardens. Its altitudinal range is above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. The female broods her eggs in a pouch on her back, then carries the tadpoles to a pool where they develop further. This species is facing no major threats.
References
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dunni
Amphibians of the Andes
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Taxa named by Bertha Lutz
Amphibians described in 1977
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot