Tepuihyla talbergae

Kaieteur Tepui Treefrog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Tepuihyla
Species: T. talbergae
Binomial name
Tepuihyla talbergae
Duellman & Yoshpa, 1996

The Kaieteur Tepui treefrog[2] (Tepuihyla talbergae) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family 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.

References

  1. Reynolds, R., Hoogmoed, M., MacCulloch, R. & Gaucher, P. (2004). Tepuihyla talbergae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
  2. Tepuihyla talbergae, Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference
  3. Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and 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): 317–620 125: 317–620.


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