Gastrotheca bufona (common name: Antioquia marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Colombia and known from the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Occidental in Antioquia and Caldas Departments, at elevations of asl. The specific name bufona is derived from Spanish bufón, meaning a jester or clown, and refers to the frog's "gaudy" appearance.
Description The holotype, an adult male, measured in snout–vent length. The upper eyelids bear characteristic hornlike structures, triangular fleshy appendages. Also the heels have well-developed dermal appendages. Body is somewhat elongate with skin of upper parts of the body being coarse and glandular.
Reproduction The female frog carries her eggs in a pounch on her back. This species breeds through direct development: The young emerge as small froglets, not tadpoles.
Habitat and conservation The natural habitat of Gastrotheca bufona is primary Andean cloud forest. It lives in the canopy. It is a rare species threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and logging.
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