Gastrotheca testudinea

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Gastrotheca testudinea |volume=2020 |page=e.T55361A89203902 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55361A89203902.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Gastrotheca testudinea

| authority = (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)

| synonyms = Nototrema testudineum Jiménez de la Espada, 1870

Nototrema viviparum Andersson, 1945

Gastrotheca viviparum (Andersson, 1945)

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Gastrotheca testudinea (common name: Espada's marsupial frog) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It has a widespread latitudinal range along the eastern (Amazonian) slopes of the Andes of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.{{Cite journal|last1=Urgilés|first1=Verónica L.|last2=Sánchez-Nivicela|first2=Juan Carlos|last3=Cisneros-Heredia|first3=Diego F|date=2017-01-08|title=Notes on the distribution of Gastrotheca testudinea (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) in Ecuador|journal=PeerJ Preprints|language=en|doi=10.7287/peerj.preprints.2710v1 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/290206 |doi-access=free }}

An arboreal direct-development marsupial frog, G. testudinea dwells in foothill, low montane, and cloud forests at elevations from {{convert|700|–|2775|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Despite its wide distribution, Gastrotheca testudinea is seldom collected or recorded, probably due to its arboreal habits, and much remains to be known about its distribution and natural history. Habitat loss is a threat to it.