Gastrotheca lateonota Duellman & Trueb, 1988
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Gastrotheca lateonota (common name: El Tambo marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is known from its type locality, El Tambo near Canchaque, Cordillera de Huancabamba, at an elevation of 2,770 m (9,090 ft) asl in Peru, and from the area of Chillacoche in the El Oro Province of Ecuador. Its natural habitat is cloud forest. Habitat loss is a possible threat.
Wikipedia contributors, Gastrotheca lateonota; 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 lateonota Duellman & Trueb, 1988
- Name authority
- Duellman & Trueb, 1988
- 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 lateonota Duellman & Trueb, 1988
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 |
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=662361 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6K9WP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.