Stefania schuberti Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997

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

Stefania schuberti Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997 "1996", Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 7: 39. Holotype: MHNLS 12917, by original designation. Type locality: "Sector este, cima del Auyan-tepui, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela. (05° 53′ 36 N - 62° 29′ 12 W). 1.750 m s.n.m."

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Auyán-tepui, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, 1750 to 2400 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

See geographic and taxonomic comments by Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 48. Myers and Donnelly, 2008, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 308: 70-72, discussed new material. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 410. Señaris, Lampo, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2014, Guía Ilust. Anf. Parque Nac. Canaima: 138–139, provided a photograph and a brief account for the Parque Nacional de Canaima, Venezuela. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 59, 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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