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| Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro massif, Venezuela : second report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 261 |
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| Title: | Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro massif, Venezuela : second report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 261 |
| Other Titles: | Yutajé-Corocoro massif |
| Authors: | Myers, Charles W. Donnelly, Maureen A., 1954- Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1924- American Museum-Terramar Expedition (1995) |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 261 |
| Abstract: | "The Yutajé-Corocoro massif is a highly eroded sandstone table mountain, with internal drainage mainly to the central valley of the Río Corocoro, a stream in the headwater drainage of the Río Manapiare--some 100 km east of the middle Río Orinoco, at the northern edge of the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela. The rocky soil supports a mosaic of diverse scrubland and forest, with small tepui meadows at the higher elevations. The herpetofauna is depauperate, as is typical of the Venezuelan tepuis. Eight species of amphibians and reptiles were collected during a 7-day period in the dry season (February). This sample includes two new frogs (Hyalinobatrachium eccentricum, n. sp., Centrolenidae; Colostethus undulatus, n. sp., Dendrobatidae) and a new genus and species of lizards (Adercosaurus vixadnexus, n. gen. & sp., Teiidae), all of which were found in humid montane mossy forest at 1700-1750 m elevation. Another new lizard (Tropidurus panstictus, n. sp., Tropiduridae) was discovered ... |
| Description: | 85 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-85). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1329 |
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