Biology:Gorzula's Amazon tree frog

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Tepuihyla rimarum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Tepuihyla
Species:
T. rimarum
Binomial name
Tepuihyla rimarum
Ayarzaguena, Señaris & Gorzula, 1992

Gorzula's Amazon tree frog (Tepuihyla rimarum) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, and rocky areas.

It is known from a single locality, Ptari-tepui. The tepui is situated within the Canaima National Park and is protected in its own right as a natural monument, but the species is classed as vulnerable because of its restricted range. It is found in crevices and under slabs in rocky areas adjacent to shrublands on the bare sandstone summit of Ptari-tepui. Reproductive habits are unknown, but it presumably breeds in water like other species of the genus.

Sources

  • Señaris, C. & La Marca, E. 2004. Tepuihyla rimarum. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 November 2015.

Wikidata ☰ Q2708345 entry