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Gorzula's Amazon tree frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Tepuihyla rimarum

Higher classification
  
Tepuihyla

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Tepuihyla

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Tepuihyla, Otophryne, Heliamphora purpurascens, Stefania, Oreophrynella nigra

Gorzula's Amazon tree frog, Tepuihyla rimarum, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family 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.

References

Gorzula's Amazon tree frog Wikipedia


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