The Kaieteur Tepui treefrog[2] (Tepuihyla talbergae) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Guyana.[3] This species is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Kaieteur Falls, 366 m asl (05° 10' N; 59° 28' W), Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guyana" (Duellman and Yoshpa 1996). It might occur more widely.
Kaieteur Tepui Treefrog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Tepuihyla |
Species: | T. talbergae
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Binomial name | |
Tepuihyla talbergae Duellman & Yoshpa, 1996
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References
edit- ^ Reynolds, R., Hoogmoed, M., MacCulloch, R. & Gaucher, P. (2004). Tepuihyla talbergae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- ^ Tepuihyla talbergae Archived 2013-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference
- ^ Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125 (4): 317–620.