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Otophryne steyermarki Rivero, 1968
Otophryne robusta steyermarki Rivero, 1968 "1967", Caribb. J. Sci., 7: 155. Holotype: FMNH 74031, by original designation. Type locality: "forest along Río Tiricaclusia, 5900 ft., falls below summit camp, Chimantatepui massif, Venezuela".
Otophryne steyermarki — Campbell and Clarke, 1998, Herpetologica, 54: 303.
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Chimantá-tepui massif, Cerro Jaua, and Cerro Roraima in Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, at elevations of 1798–1981 m; Mount Ayanganna of western Guyana.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Guyana, Venezuela
Comment
Gorzula, 1989, Herpetol. Rev., 20: 102–103, and Gorzula and Señaris Vasquez, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 84, commented on range in Venezuela. Barrio-Amorós, 1999, Herpetol. Rev., 30: 173, provided a record for Venezuela. See account by MacCulloch, Lathrop, Minter, and Khan, 2008, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 48: 247–261. MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2009, R. Ontario Mus. Contrib. Sci., 4: 15–16, commented on specimens from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Señaris Vasquez, Lampo, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2014, Guía Ilust. Anf. Parque Nac. Canaima: 230–231, provided a photograph and a brief account for the Parque Nacional de Canaima, Venezuela. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris Vasquez, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 105, for comments on range and literature.
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