Tepuihyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: |
Tepuihyla Ayarzagüena, Señaris & Gorzula, 1993 |
Diversity | |
7 species (see text) |
Tepuihyla (common names: Amazon tree frogs, Tepui tree frogs) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family found in mountains of eastern and southeastern Venezuela and Guyana, and likely in adjacent Brazil. A tepui is a table-top mountain characteristic of the Guiana Highlands.
There are seven species in this genus: