Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Oreophrynella > Oreophrynella quelchiiOreophrynella quelchii (Toad)Synonyms: Oreophryne quelchii Oreophrynella quelchii (commonly known as the Roraima black frog) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. This species is restricted to the transboundary summit of Mount Roraima in Venezuela (inside Canaima National Park World Heritage Site), Guyana and Brazil, and from Wei-Assipu-tepui on the Brazil–Guyana border. It has been recorded from 2,300–2,800m asl. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and rocky areas. |
Litter Size [1] | 15 | Litters / Year [1] | 2 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 0.846 inches (2.15 cm) |
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Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Pantepuis |
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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