''Pristimantis gretathunbergae'', dubbed Greta Thunberg's rainfrog, is a species of frog in the family

Strabomantidae The Strabomantidae are a family of frogs native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes ''Pristimantis'', the most speciose genus of any vertebrate. System ...

, native to Panama. It is named in honor of

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, a

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. It lives in small pools of water held in

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s growing on the

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s of Mount Chucantí and other mountains of the

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, and of central Panama. The type specimen was discovered by an international team of biologists led by Abel Batista, from Panama, and Konrad Mebert from Switzerland in Cerro Chucantí, a private reserve located in the province of Darién.

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gretathunbergae Endemic fauna of Panama Amphibians described in 2022 Greta Thunberg {{Strabomantidae-stub