Murisipán-tepui, also spelled Murosipán or Murochiopán, is one of the four main
tepuis of the
Los Testigos chain in
Bolívar,
Venezuela.
[Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61.] Looking west to east, it is the second major peak of the massif and is connected to the next two—
Tereke-yurén-tepui and
Kamarkawarai-tepui—by a common basement (the westernmost peak,
Aparamán-tepui, is relatively isolated by comparison). Murisipán-tepui has an elevation of around and a summit area of . The mountain's mostly bare summit plateau has a small, seasonal
lagoon near its centre.
In his 1978 book, ''La Vegetación del Mundo Perdido'',
Charles Brewer-Carías
Charles Brewer-Carías (born 10 September 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan explorer and naturalist. Known as the " Humboldt of the twentieth century", Brewer-Carías has led more than 200 expeditions to remote parts of the Venezuelan ...
applied the name ''Murochiopán-tepui'' to a smaller lateral peak of Aparamán-tepui (), calling the high summit immediately east of it ''Tereke Yurén-tepui'' and the tiny peak east of that, ''Tucuy-wo-cuyén-tepui''. Subsequent authors have generally used ''Murisipán-tepui'' (or its variants) for the second of the four main peaks, and ''
Tereke-yurén-tepui'' for the third, with the lateral mountain of Aparamán-tepui going unnamed.
The frog species ''
Anomaloglossus murisipanensis
''Anomaloglossus murisipanensis'' is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is known from its type locality, the Murisipán-tepui in the Bolívar state. It is known from only one specimen collected un ...
'' is only known from Murisipán-tepui.
See also
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Distribution of ''Heliamphora''
References
Tepuis of Venezuela
Mountains of Venezuela
Mountains of Bolívar (state)
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