Tepuihyla rodriguezi (Rivero 1968)

Tepuihyla rodriguezi (Rivero 1968) View in CoL

Holotype: MCZ 64740 About MCZ .

Type locality: Paso del Danto , Región de La Escalera, entre El Dorado y Santa Elena de Uairén, 1,300–1,400 m, Serranía de Lema, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela .

Distribution: Region 5. With synonymizing of Tepuihyla galani , T. talbergae , and T. rimarum with T. rodriguezi ( Jungfer et al. 2013, Kok et al. 2015), the distribution of the latter now extends from Paso el Danto in the northern versant of Sierra de Lema ( type locality) through the higher sectors of the Gran Sabana, the foothills of Guadacapiapu tepui ( type locality of T. galani ), atop of Ptari-tepui ( type locality of T. rimarum ), and as low as Kaieteur National Park in Guyana ( type locality of T. talbergae ), altitudinal range 366– 2,440 m.

Remarks. Tepuihyla galani (Ayarzagüena, Señaris et Gorzula, 1993) , T. talbergae Duellman and Yoshpa, 1996 , and T. rimarum (Ayarzagüena, Señaris and Gorzula 1993) recently synonymized with T. rodriguezi by Jungfer et al. (2013) and Kok et al. (2015).

Selected References: Rivero (1968); Ayarzagüena et al. (1992a,b); Duellman and Yoshpa (1996); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Kok and Kalamandeen (2008); Jungfer et al. (2013); Señaris et al. (2014); Kok et al. (2015).