Tiny-fingered Marsupial Frog
Gastrotheca microdiscus
Gastrotheca microdiscus is a frog species in the frog family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil between southern São Paulo and Santa Catarina states. Its natural habitats are undisturbed primary forests. It is a canopy species hiding in bromeliads. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
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Range & habitat
This canopy-dwelling arboreal frog lives only in primary forest with significant numbers of bromeliads, with which the frogs associate. The frog has been reported between 800 and 1,500 m (2,600 and 4,900 ft) above sea level and has been reported in formally protected areas.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
The female frog carries her eggs in a pouch on her back. The eggs hatch into small froglets, which develop in bromeliad plantss.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Toxicity
The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. What threat it faces comes from habitat loss in favor of agriculture, silviculture, and cattle grazing. Collection of orinmental bromeliads may also affect this frog.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Danger”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24139.