The Kaieteur Tepui treefrog (''Tepuihyla talbergae'') is a species of

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

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

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 else ...

to Guyana. This species is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Kaieteur Falls, 366 m asl (05° 10' N; 59° 28' W), Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guyana" (Duellman and Yoshpa 1996). It might occur more widely.

References

Tepuihyla Endemic fauna of Guyana Amphibians of Guyana Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Amphibians of the Tepuis {{Hylinae-stub