Maringma-tepui, also written Mount Maringma and historically known as Mount Marima, is a small tepui of the

Pacaraima Mountains The Pacaraima or Pakaraima Mountains ( pt, Serra de Pacaraima, es, Sierra de Pacaraima) are a mountain range primarily in southwestern Guyana, and into northern Brazil and eastern Venezuela. Geography The range extends from west to east for over ...

in Cuyuni-Mazaruni,

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

. It is known as Malaima-tepui in the local Akawaio language. Most published sources place it just inside Guyanese territory, very close to the border with Brazil, and around east of Roraima-tepui.Kok, P.J.R. (2 February 2009)
Lizard in the clouds: a new highland genus and species of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata) from Maringma tepui, western Guyana.
''Zootaxa'' 1992: 53–67. []Kok, P.J.R., R.D. MacCulloch, D.B. Means, K. Roelants, I. Van Bocxlaer & F. Bossuyt (7 August 2012). ''Current Biology'' 22(15): R589–R590. However, the mountain remains the subject of considerable toponymic confusion and its name has been applied to at least one other nearby peak. The village of Wayalayeng lies at the base of Maringma-tepui and it is from here that the mountain was explored in May–July 2004 by a botanical team of the Smithsonian Institution. Led by David Clarke, this was the first expedition to reach the mountain's summit. It was followed by two further expeditions in February 2006 and late 2007, by Bruce Means and Philippe J. R. Kok ''et al.'', respectively. Maringma-tepui has a maximum elevation of around or .Kelloff, C.L., S.N. Alexander, V.A. Funk & H.D. Clarke (2011)
Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1995–2004, H. David Clarke.
''Smithsonian Contributions to Botany'' 97: i–viii, 1–307. The summit plateau has an area of roughly and is highly uneven, allowing water to collect in many deep, swamp-like pools. It is predominantly covered in low-growing "tepui meadow" vegetation, quaking peat bog, and some dwarf forests of ''Bonnetia roraimae'', with few areas of exposed rock. The dominant plant families include

Bonnetiaceae Bonnetiaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 4 genera and 41 species. The family is Neotropical, with the exception of the genus ''Ploiarium'', which is found in Malesia. It is sister to the family Clusiaceae The Clusiaceae or ...

Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain o ...

, Clusiaceae, Orchidaceae, Rapateaceae, Sarraceniaceae, and Xyridaceae. Temperatures vary widely on the summit plateau, with extremes of 13.5 and 37.5 °C recorded over a five-day period. Native herpetofauna include the

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

species ''Arthrosaura hoogmoedi'' and '' Pantepuisaurus rodriguesi'' ( Gymnophthalmidae), as well as the frog species ''

Adelophryne patamona ''Adelophryne patamona'' is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the Pacaraima Mountains of southwestern Guyana, although it is likely to also occur in the adjacent Roraima state of Brazil. It is most closely rel ...

'' ( Eleutherodactylidae); ''

Anomaloglossus kaiei ''Anomaloglossus kaiei'' is a species of frogs in the family Aromobatidae, commonly known as the Kaie rock frog. It was named in honor of Kaie, a great Chieftain of the Patamona tribe, who sacrificed himself to the Great Spirit Makonaima by canoe ...

'',Kok, P.J.R. (2010)
A redescription of ''Anomaloglossus praderioi'' (La Marca, 1998) (Anura: Aromobatidae: Anomaloglossinae), with description of its tadpole and call
''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia'' 50(4): 51–68. ''Anomaloglossus megacephalus'', and ''

Anomaloglossus praderioi ''Anomaloglossus praderioi'' is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in the Pantepui region of southeastern Venezuela and western Guyana. More specifically, this frog is known from Mount Roraima (its type locality; Venezuel ...

'' ( Aromobatidae); and ''

Oreophrynella macconnelli ''Oreophrynella macconnelli'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Guyana, Venezuela, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane fo ...

'' and ''Oreophrynella seegobini'' ( Bufonidae). __NOTOC__

Notes

:a.The maps provided in '' Sarraceniaceae of South America'' place Maringma-tepui on the

Brazil–Venezuela border The Brazil–Venezuela border is the limit that separates the territories of Brazil and Venezuela. It was delimited by the Treaty of Limits and River Navigation of May 5, 1859 and ratified by the Protocol of 1929. The geographical boundary begin ...

, some distance southeast of Roraima-tepui.McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz (2011). '' Sarraceniaceae of South America''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. The book's authors also state that Maringma-tepui was incorrectly called " Mount Yakontipu" by Fleischmann ''et al.'' (2007)Fleischmann, A., A. Wistuba & S. McPherson (21 December 2007). ''Drosera solaris'' (Droseraceae), a new sundew from the Guayana Highlands. ''Willdenowia'' 37(2): 551–555. in their description of '' Drosera solaris''.

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Another new lizard genus!
{{Tepuis , Guyana Tepuis of Guyana Mountains of Guyana

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