''Stefania percristata'' ( es, rana stefania de Jaua) 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
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
and only known from its
type locality,
Cerro Jaua Cerro Jaua is a tepui in Bolivar State, Venezuela. The mountain has a height of 2395 meters, It was included in Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park which has been subsumed within Caura National Park.
Wildlife
Cerro Jaua, like some other tepuis, has ...
in
Bolívar State.
It occurs along streams at the top of the
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 ...
. It is a
nocturnal
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite.
Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...
species found on branches of vegetation above the ground.
Conservation status
The tepui is within the
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: ...
, and no major threats to this species have been identified.
References
percristata
Amphibians of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1997
Amphibians of the Tepuis
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