Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca marsupiata lojana
 Gastrotheca marsupiata

Where is it found?

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Cloud and montane forests.

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.

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. 

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