''Gastrotheca zeugocystis'' is a species of
frogs in the family
Hemiphractidae. It is
endemic to
Peru and only known from its
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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on the
Cordillera de Carpish,
Huánuco Region.
[ The ]specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''zeugocystis'' refers to the paired brood pouches in this species (from the Greek ''zeugos'', meaning pair, and the Greek ''kystis'', meaning sac).
Description
The holotype, an adult female, measured in snout–vent length
Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent)."direct line distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of vent" It is the most c ...
; an adult male measured in snout–vent length. The tympanum is visible. The dorsum and head are brown and have small, irregular markings. The dorsal skin is smooth. The iris is reddish brown and has black reticulations. The brood pouches are paired and lateral (most ''Gastrotheca'' have a single, dorsal brood pouch).
Habitat and conservation
''Gastrotheca zeugocystis'' inhabits cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
at about 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''.
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. Specimens have been found under leaves and under a piece of wood.
References
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zeugocystis
Amphibians of the Andes
Amphibians of Peru
Endemic fauna of Peru
Frogs of South America
Amphibians described in 2004
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot