Stefania goini Rivero, 1968

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hemiphractidae > Genus: Stefania > Species: Stefania goini

Stefania goini Rivero, 1968 "1966", Caribb. J. Sci., 6: 145. Holotype: AMNH 23193, by original designation. Type locality: "Vegas Falls, Mt. Duida, [Territorio Federal] Amazonas, Venezuela, 4600 ft."

English Names

Vegas Falls Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 65).

Distribution

Known only from the Mount Duida and Cumbre del Huachamakari, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

In the Stefania ginesi group. See account by Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997 "1996", Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 7: 1-57. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 26, commented on range. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 57, for comments on range and literature. Señaris and Rojas-Runjaic, 2020, in Rull and Carnaval (eds.), Neotrop. Divers. Patterns Process.: 571–632, commented on range and conservation status in the Venezuelan Guayana.

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