Silver marsupial frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Gastrotheca plumbea.jpg

| image_caption = Gastrotheca plumbea

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Gastrotheca plumbea |volume=2020 |page=e.T55353A98647431 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55353A98647431.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| taxon = Gastrotheca plumbea

| authority = (Boulenger, 1882)

}}

The silver marsupial frog (Gastrotheca plumbea) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to the Pacific slopes of Andes in northern and central Ecuador.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Gastrotheca/Gastrotheca-plumbea |title=Gastrotheca plumbea (Boulenger, 1882) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=6 April 2014}}

It is a nocturnal, arboreal inhabitant of cloud forests that can also be found in forest edge and secondary, degraded habitats. It is closely associated with arboreal bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss.