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| The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela : report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 308 |
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| Title: | The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela : report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 308 |
| Other Titles: | Auyantepui herpetofauna |
| Authors: | Myers, Charles W. Donnelly, Maureen A., 1954- Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1924- American Museum-Terramar Expedition (1994-1995) |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 308 |
| Abstract: | "Auyantepui is an immense sandstone table mountain in the Venezuelan Guayana. This mesa did not appear on aviation maps and was unknown to the literate world prior to the late 1930s. It was explored from the air by Jimmy Angel, a bush pilot and colorful soldier of fortune for whom the world's highest waterfall is named (Angel Falls at the northern end of Auyantepui). About the same time, in 1937, Captain F‰elix Cardona Puig and Gustavo Heny discovered an access crack in the sandstone, allowing ascent onto the southern end of the mesa. The first scientific exploration followed immediately--the 1937-1938 Phelps Venezuelan Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History made the first zoological and general botanical collections. Today, no tepui other than the 'Lost World' of Cerro Roraima is better known to the general public. The summit of Auyantepui has a known fauna of 24 species of amphibians and reptiles, including species added by the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-TERRAMAR ... |
| Description: | 147 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-147). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5896 |
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