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Gastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 207356

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Amphignathodon Boulenger, 1882
		Notodelphys Lichtenstein and Weinland, 1854
		Nototrema Günther, 1859
		Opisthodelphys Günther, 1859
		Opisthodelphis Günther, 1859
		Duellmania Dubois, 1987
		Eotheca Duellman, 2015
		Cryptotheca Duellman, 2015
		Australotheca Duellman, 2015
		Edaphotheca Duellman, 2015
		Alainia Duellman and Cannatella, 2018
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians
	Order	Anura – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
	Family	Hemiphractidae Peters, 1862
	Genus	Gastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843
		Direct Children:
	Species	Gastrotheca abdita Duellman, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca aguaruna Duellman, Barley and Venegas, 2014
	Species	Gastrotheca albolineata (Lutz and Lutz, 1939)
	Species	Gastrotheca andaquiensis Ruiz-Carranza and Hernández-Camacho, 1976
	Species	Gastrotheca angustifrons (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Gastrotheca antomia Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, Lynch and Restrepo-Toro, 1997
	Species	Gastrotheca antoniiochoai (De la Riva and Chaparro, 2005)
	Species	Gastrotheca aratia Duellman, Barley and Venegas, 2014
	Species	Gastrotheca argenteovirens (Boettger, 1892)
	Species	Gastrotheca atympana Duellman, Lehr, Rodríguez and von May, 2004
	Species	Gastrotheca aureomaculata Cochran and Goin, 1970
	Species	Gastrotheca bufona Cochran and Goin, 1970
	Species	Gastrotheca carinaceps Duellman, Trueb and Lehr, 2006
	Species	Gastrotheca christiani Laurent, 1967
	Species	Gastrotheca chrysosticta Laurent, 1976
	Species	Gastrotheca coeruleomaculata (Werner, 1899)
	Species	Gastrotheca cornuta (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Gastrotheca cuencana Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely and Duellman, 2019
	Species	Gastrotheca dendronastes Duellman, 1983
	Species	Gastrotheca dissimilis Vellard, 1957
	Species	Gastrotheca dunni Lutz, 1977
	Species	Gastrotheca dysprosita Duellman, 2013
	Species	Gastrotheca elicioi Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely and Duellman, 2019
	Species	Gastrotheca ernestoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
	Species	Gastrotheca espeletia Duellman and Hillis, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca excubitor Duellman and Fritts, 1972
	Species	Gastrotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1888)
	Species	Gastrotheca flamma Juncá and Nunes, 2008
	Species	Gastrotheca flavodactyla Echevarría, Paluh, García Ayachi, Venegas, Catenazzi, Pradel and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022
	Species	Gastrotheca fulvorufa (Andersson, 1911)
	Species	Gastrotheca galeata Trueb and Duellman, 1978
	Species	Gastrotheca gemma Venegas, García Ayachi, Echevarría, Paluh, Chávez-Arribasplata, Marchelie and Catenazzi, 2021
	Species	Gastrotheca gracilis Laurent, 1969
	Species	Gastrotheca griswoldi Shreve, 1941
	Species	Gastrotheca guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
	Species	Gastrotheca helenae Dunn, 1944
	Species	Gastrotheca lateonota Duellman and Trueb, 1988
	Species	Gastrotheca lauzuricae De la Riva, 1992
	Species	Gastrotheca litonedis Duellman and Hillis, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca lojana Parker, 1932
	Species	Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882)
	Species	Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
	Species	Gastrotheca megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva and Peixoto, 2009
	Species	Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson in Lönnberg and Andersson, 1910)
	Species	Gastrotheca nebulanastes Duellman, Catenazzi and Blackburn, 2011
	Species	Gastrotheca nicefori Gaige, 1933
	Species	Gastrotheca ochoai Duellman and Fritts, 1972
	Species	Gastrotheca oresbios Duellman and Venegas, 2016
	Species	Gastrotheca orophylax Duellman and Pyles, 1980
	Species	Gastrotheca ossilaginis Duellman and Venegas, 2005
	Species	Gastrotheca ovifera (Lichtenstein and Weinland, 1854)
	Species	Gastrotheca pacchamama Duellman, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca pachachacae Catenazzi and von May, 2011
	Species	Gastrotheca peruana (Boulenger, 1900)
	Species	Gastrotheca phalarosa Duellman and Venegas, 2005
	Species	Gastrotheca phelloderma Lehr and Catenazzi, 2011
	Species	Gastrotheca plumbea (Boulenger, 1882)
	Species	Gastrotheca prasina Teixeira, Vechio, Recoder, Carnaval, Strangas, Damasceno, Sena and Rodrigues, 2012
	Species	Gastrotheca pseustes Duellman and Hillis, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca psychrophila Duellman, 1974
	Species	Gastrotheca pulchra Caramaschi and Rodrigues, 2007
	Species	Gastrotheca rebeccae Duellman and Trueb, 1988
	Species	Gastrotheca recava Teixeira, Vechio, Recoder, Carnaval, Strangas, Damasceno, Sena and Rodrigues, 2012
	Species	Gastrotheca riobambae (Fowler, 1913)
	Species	Gastrotheca ruizi Duellman and Burrowes, 1986
	Species	Gastrotheca spectabilis Duellman and Venegas, 2016
	Species	Gastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857)
	Species	Gastrotheca stictopleura Duellman, Lehr and Aguilar, 2001
	Species	Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)
	Species	Gastrotheca trachyceps Duellman, 1987
	Species	Gastrotheca trachyplevra Echevarría, Paluh, García Ayachi, Venegas, Catenazzi, Pradel and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2022
	Species	Gastrotheca turnerorum Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely and Duellman, 2019
	Species	Gastrotheca walkeri Duellman, 1980
	Species	Gastrotheca weinlandii (Steindachner, 1892)
	Species	Gastrotheca williamsoni Gaige, 1922
	Species	Gastrotheca yacuri Carvajal-Endara, Coloma, Morales-Mite, Guayasamin, Székely and Duellman, 2019
	Species	Gastrotheca zeugocystis Duellman, Lehr, Rodríguez and von May, 2004

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Gastrotheca

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Gastrotheca

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gastrotheca

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Frost, Darrel R.
	Publication Date:	1997
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition
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	Publisher:	Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, U.S.A.
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gastrotheca

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