Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Gastrotheca marsupiata in Peru
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Open encyclopedia reference
Gastrotheca marsupiata is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in the Amazonian drainage systems of Andes from central Peru to southern Bolivia. Its common names are marsupian frog, common marsupial frog, and for now synonymized Leptodactylus/Eleutherodactylus andicola, Boettger's robber frog.
Wikipedia contributors, Gastrotheca marsupiata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:11:32.903976+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Name authority
- (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hemiphractidae
- Genus
- Gastrotheca
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHemiphractidae Peters, 1862
- genusGastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843
- speciesGastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gastrotheca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gastrotheca williamsoni Gaige, 1922 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca ruizi Duellman & Burrowes, 1986 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca psychrophila Duellman, 1974 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 2009 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca orophylax Duellman & Pyles, 1980 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca nicefori Gaige, 1933 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson in Lönnberg & Andersson, 1910) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca flamma Juncá & Nunes, 2008 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca ernestoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca angustifrons (Boulenger, 1898) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca aguaruna Duellman, Barley & Venegas, 2014 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eleutherodactylus footei Stejneger, 1913 Stejneger, 1913 | synonym |
| Hylodes binghami (Stejneger, 1913) (Stejneger, 1913) | synonym |
| Hylodes footei (Stejneger, 1913) (Stejneger, 1913) | synonym |
| Leptodactylus andicola Boettger, 1891 Boettger, 1891 | synonym |
| Nototrema bolivianum Steindachner, 1892 Steindachner, 1892 | synonym |
| Gastrotheca bifasciata vellardi Laurent, 1969 Laurent, 1969 | synonym |
| Gastrotheca marsupiata marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | synonym |
| Chorophilus cuzcanus Cope, 1878 Cope, 1878 | synonym |
| Gastrotheca boliviana (Steindachner, 1892) (Steindachner, 1892) | synonym |
| Eleutherodactylus andicola (Boettger, 1891) (Boettger, 1891) | synonym |
| Eleutherodactylus binghami Stejneger, 1913 Stejneger, 1913 | synonym |
| Hyla marsupiata Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | synonym |
| Pseudacris cuzcanus (Cope, 1878) (Cope, 1878) | synonym |
| Nototrema marsupiatum (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207367 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6JY8D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.