Exceptional diversity of Stefania (Anura, Cryptobatrachidae) II: six species from Mount Wokomung, Guyana

Authors

  • Ross D. MacCulloch Royal Ontario Museum; Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
  • Amy Lathrop Royal Ontario Museum; Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
  • Samir Z. Khan University of Guyana; Department of Biology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i1p31-41

Keywords:

Anura, Cryptobatrachidae, Stefania, diversity, tepuis, Guyana

Abstract

Six species of Stefania were collected on Mount Wokomung, a tepui in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. This unusually high diversity of Stefania is similar to that found on a neighbouring tepui, Mt. Ayanganna. The two tepuis support slightly different habitats. Conspecific Stefania from the two mountains differ somewhat in body size, toe disc size and colouration. Specimens from Mt. Wokomung are used to expand descriptions and distributions of some species.

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Published

2006-06-01

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

MacCulloch, R. D., Lathrop, A., & Khan, S. Z. (2006). Exceptional diversity of Stefania (Anura, Cryptobatrachidae) II: six species from Mount Wokomung, Guyana. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 5(1), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i1p31-41