''Stefania coxi'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family

Hemiphractidae The Hemiphractidae are a family (biology), family of frogs from South America, South and Central America. Previously, this group had been classified as a subfamily (Hemiphractinae) under family Hylidae. More recent research classifies these gen ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Guyana and has been found on Mount Ayanganna and Mount Wokomung. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

s at higher elevations.

References

* MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop. 2002. Exceptional diversity of Stefania on Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: three new species and new distribution records. Herpetologica 58:327-346. * MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop. 2006. Stefania coxi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 826: 1–2. *MacCulloch, R.D., A. Lathrop and S.Z. Khan. 2006. Exceptional diversity of Stefania (Anura: Cryptobatrachidae) II: six species from Mount Wokomung, Guyana. Phyllomedusa 5: 31–41. Stefania Endemic fauna of Guyana Amphibians of Guyana Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 2002 {{Hemiphractidae-stub