Stefania roraimae

Stefania roraimae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Stefania
Species:
S. roraimae
Binomial name
Stefania roraimae
Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984
Synonyms
  • Stefania roraimae Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984
  • Stefania roraima Duellman, 1993

The Roraima tree frog or Roraima Stefania (Stefania roraimae) is a frog. It lives in Guyana. Scientists think it could also live in Brazil and Venezuela.

Home

This frog lives in forests that have never been cut down on tepui high places. Scientists have seen the frog between 1,376 and 1,410 m (4,514 and 4,626 ft) above sea level.

Young

Scientists think the female frogs carry their eggs on their backs and the eggs hatch into small froglets, not swimming tadpoles.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in danger of dying out. Climate change could hurt this frog because it lives on tepui highlands. Climate change changes tepui places a lot. It kills many plants, and then fewer kinds of plants grow back.

Scientists think that the government should not let so many visitors come to Mt. Roraima.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN Amphibian Species Group (2019). "Stefania roraimae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T56034A120467639. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T56034A120467639.en. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. "Stefania roraimae Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Stefania roraimae Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 20, 2026.