Rebecca's Marsupial Frog
Gastrotheca rebeccae
Gastrotheca rebeccae (common name: Rebecca's marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is endemic to Peru and known from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in the Ayacucho Region, at elevations of 2,440–2,970 m (8,010–9,740 ft) asl. The specific name honours Dr. Rebecca Pyles from the East Tennessee State University.
From the article Gastrotheca rebeccae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This frog lives in cloud forests on the east side of the Andes mountains. Scientists have seen the frog between 1,800 and 2,970 m (5,910 and 9,740 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
Scientists believe the female frog carries her eggs in a bag of skin on her back, but they do not know if the young emerge as tadpoles or froglets.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Listen
Looking for field recordings…
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Gastrotheca rebeccae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24142.