Horned marsupial frog
| Horned marsupial frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Gastrotheca |
| Species: | G. cornuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrotheca cornuta (Boulenger, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyla ceratophrys Stejneger, 1911 | |
The horned marsupial frog (Gastrotheca cornuta), originally named Nototrema cornutum (Boulenger) after the first describer George Albert Boulenger in 1898), is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is an arboreal species found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and montane cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.