
ANI110-00070
A female Lojana marsupial frog (Gastrotheca lojana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Ona, Azuay Province, Ecuador. Females of this genus have a marsupial-style pouch in their back where their offspring grow until they born as completely formed juvenile frogs.
Keywords
- amphibians
- Azuay Province
- black background
- captivity
- Centro Jambatu
- Centro Jambatu de Investigacion y Conservacion de Anfibios
- ecuador
- female animal
- frogs
- full length
- Gastrotheca lojana
- Lojana marsupial frog
- Ona
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- quito
- side view
- studio shot
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