Cerro Jaua is a
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...
in
Bolivar State, Venezuela. The mountain has a height of 2395 meters,
[ ] It was included in
Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park
Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park (Spanish: ''Parque nacional Jaua-Sarisariñama'') was located in the Guayana Highlands, within Bolívar State of southeastern Venezuela.BirdLife International (2015Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: ...
which has been subsumed within
Caura National Park
The Caura National Park ( es, Parque nacional Caura) is a protected area with the status of National Park in Venezuela. With an area of 7,534,000 ha. (75,340 km2) it is the largest park in the country and the most recently created (2017).
The ...
.
Wildlife
Cerro Jaua, like some other tepuis, has endemic frog species. These include ''
Anomaloglossus ayarzaguenai'' (La Marca 1996),
''
Stefania oculosa
''Stefania oculosa'' (common name in es, rana stefania de ojos grandes) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to the Bolívar state of southern Venezuela and only known from Cerro Jaua, a tepui; it possibly occurs mor ...
'' (Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997) and ''
Stefania percristata
''Stefania percristata'' ( es, rana stefania de Jaua) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Venezuela and only known from its type locality, Cerro Jaua in Bolívar State.
It occurs along streams at the top of the t ...
'' (Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997).
References
Mountains of Bolívar (state)
Tepuis of Venezuela
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