Myersiohyla kanaima (Goin and Woodley, 1969)
Hyla kanaima Goin and Woodley, 1969, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 48: 135. Holotype: BMNH 1965.230, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Kanaima, the Potaro River, [Potaro District,] British Guiana [= Guyana]".
Myersiohyla kanaima — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 89.
English Names
Kanaima Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 56).
Distribution
Mount Kanaima, Mount Ayanganna, and Mount Roraima, southern Guyana.
Comment
See Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 147: 13-15, for discussion. MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005, Phyllomedusa, 4: 30-31, reported the species for Mount Ayanganna, Guyana, and provided an account. MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2009, R. Ontario Mus. Contrib. Sci., 4: 14, commented on specimens from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana.
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