Gastrotheca rebeccae
{{Short description|Species of frog}}
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| authority = Duellman and Trueb, 1988
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Gastrotheca rebeccae (common name: Rebecca's marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Peru and known from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in the Ayacucho Region, at elevations of {{convert|2440|-|2970|m|abbr=on}} asl.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Gastrotheca/Gastrotheca-rebeccae |title=Gastrotheca rebeccae Duellman and Trueb, 1988 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 August 2015}} The specific name honours Dr. Rebecca Pyles from the East Tennessee State University.{{cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |date=2013 |page=177 |isbn=978-1-907807-44-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&dq=eponym+dictionary+of+amphibians+rebeccae&pg=PA177}}
Natural habitat of Gastrotheca rebeccae is cloud forest. Possible threats to this species are unknown.
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Category:Amphibians of the Andes
Category:Endemic fauna of Peru
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Amphibians described in 1988
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