Gastrotheca bufona Cochran and Goin, 1970
Gastrotheca bufona Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 164. Holotype: MLS 344, by original designation. Type locality: "Ventanas (about 50 kilometers [by road] northwest of Yarumal), [Departamento] Antioquia, Colombia".
Gastrotheca (Opisthodelphys) bufona — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 31.
English Names
Antioquia Marsupial Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 53).
Distribution
North side of the Cordillera Central in the Department of Antioquia, and the eastern slopes in the Department of Caldas. Colombia, 1700-2200 m elevation.
Comment
In the Gastrotheca ovifera group by implication of Duellman, Maxson, and Jesiolowski, 1988, Copeia, 1988: 527-543. This species was incorrectly associated with Gastrotheca weinlandii by Duellman, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 27: 5, according to Duellman, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 872. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 394.
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