Gastrotheca phelloderma Lehr & Catenazzi 2011

Gastrotheca phelloderma is medium sized frog, with males up to 43.8 mm long and females up to 57.7 mm long. The head is wider than it is long and is as wide as the body. The snout is rounded dorsally and laterally. The body is moderately robust. The lips are flared and the top of the head is flat. The nostrils slightly bulge anteriorly, and are directed anteriolaterally. The oval tympanum is longer than it is wide. The distinct tympanic annulus and the tympanic membrane are smooth, and the supratympanic fold is weak. The dorsal surface of the head, body, and limbs has marked longitudinal ridges and a large number of warts and blisters. The skin on the ventral surface of the throat, belly and anterior half of the thighs is granular. The skin on the flanks is tubercular, while the posterior half of the thighs contain small, conical nodules. The rest of the skin is smooth. The fore limbs are long and robust and lack ulnar tubercles. The unwebbed hands are large with long fingers that have narrow, lateral fringes and end in round discs. The relative lengths of fingers are 1 > 2 < 4 < 3. The robust hind limbs lack calcar and tarsal tubercles, but have a distinct inner tarsal fold. The outer metatarsal tubercle is absent and the inner metatarsal tubercle is conical and ovoid. The toes, which are roughly one-third webbed, are long, with long narrow lateral fringes and end in round discs. Relative toe lengths are 1 < 2 < 5 < 3

Gastrotheca phelloderma has been identified in two places (Pampa del Cuy and Alpamachay) in the Rio Abiseo National Park, which is located in the eastern Andes, in the San Martin region of Peru (Lehr and Catenazzi 2011).

Instead of direct development, as many species in the genus Gastrotheca do, this species produces tadpoles (Lehr and Catenazzi 2011). However, like other frogs in the genus, female G. phelloderma places eggs in a dorsal brood pouch where they hatch (del Pino et al 1975).

The status of G. phelloderma within the Rio Abiseo National Park is unknown. The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which causes chytrid fungal infections in amphibians and has been linked to population declines in frogs in the Peruvian Andes, has been identified in Atelopus patazensis populations near the park. This poses a potential threat to G. phelloderma (Lehr and Catenazzi 2011).

Gastrotheca phelloderma​ es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Hemiphractidae.

Gastrotheca phelloderma est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Hemiphractidae.

Gastrotheca phelloderma é uma espécie de anfíbio anuro da família Hemiphractidae. Está presente no Peru. A UICN classificou-a como deficiente de dados.