Reptiles Magazine
The frog, which belongs to the Gastrotheca genus was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon.
April 15, 2021
Gastrotheca gemma was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Photo by Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Echevarría LY, Paluh DJ, Chávez–Arribasplata JC, Marchelie A, Catenazzi A (2021)
Researchers have discovered a new marsupial frog species in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest that is part of the Gastrotheca genus. The frog,
Gastrotheca gemma, is green in coloration with a coarse, granular and patternless dorsal skin. Its irises are turquoise in coloration and sports a venter without blotches, flecks or dots. They frogs are so named marsupial frogs because females brood eggs in closed dorsal pouches, not unlike that of kangaroos and other marsupials.
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