Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca marsupiata lojana
 Gastrotheca marsupiata

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Where is it found?

Cloud and montane forests.

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Diet and foraging method

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Key adaptations

Marsupial frogs are well adapted to living in the trees, with large, sticky toe pads for climbing, and eyes facing forward for binocular and downward vision.

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Social organisation and mating system

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Did you know that...?

Female marsupial frogs carry their eggs in an enclosed pouch on their back until they are ready to hatch. 

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Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

"Gastrotheca marsupiata001" by Dorieo - Juan Vilanova y Piera y otros, Historia Natural, tomo V "Reptilles y peces", p. 159. Publicado en 1874 en Barcelona por Montaner y Simón Editores. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gastrotheca_marsupiata001.jpg#/media/File:Gastrotheca_marsupiata001.jpg