''Gastrotheca marsupiata'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family

Hemiphractidae The Hemiphractidae are a family (biology), family of frogs from South America, South and Central America. Previously, this group had been classified as a subfamily (Hemiphractinae) under family Hylidae. More recent research classifies these gen ...

. It is found in the Amazonian drainage systems of

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from central

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to southern

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. Its common names are marsupian frog, common marsupial frog, and for now synonymized ''Leptodactylus/Eleutherodactylus andicola'', Boettger's robber frog. It is a locally common frog present in primary, secondary and disturbed

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and montane forests in the valleys of the central

References

marsupiata Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Bolivia Amphibians of Peru Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1841 Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron {{Hemiphractidae-stub