Gastrotheca trachyplevra Echevarría, Paluh, García Ayachi, Venegas, Catenazzi, Pradel, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hemiphractidae > Genus: Gastrotheca > Species: Gastrotheca trachyplevra

Gastrotheca trachyplevra Echevarría, Paluh, García Ayachi, Venegas, Catenazzi, Pradel, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022, Salamandra, 58: 12. Holotype: CORBIDI 16614, by original designation. Type locality: "María, latitude 6.335803° S, longitude 78.0132069° W, 3434 m a.s.l., Colcamar District, Luya province, Amazonas department, Peru". Zoobank publication registration: 18E1FCB3-3D8B-469F-A854-C40A0B9C7401

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Endemic to Peru, where it is Known only from the type locality (María, 3434 m elevation., Colcamar District, Luya province, Amazonas department, Peru) in the grasslands of the northern portion of the Central Peruvian Andes in the Utcubamba river basin in Amazonas departmentin the Peruvian Yungas ecoregion. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

In the Gastrotheca marsupiata species group according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, osteology, and molecular markers were detailed. 

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