Tepuihyla exophthalma (Smith and Noonan 2001)

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 79

Tepuihyla exophthalma (Smith and Noonan 2001)

Holotype: UG-CSBD HA-722.

Type locality: 30 km SE Imbaimadai, Mazaruni-Potaro District , Guyana, ca. 585 m.

Distribution: Region 5. Venezuela and Guyana. In Venezuela, only from high sector of Sierra de Lema.

Remarks: Described as Osteocephalus exophthalmus by Smith and Noonan (2001) from Mazaruni-Potaro district in Guyana. Later Kok and Kalamandeen (2008) reported a second population from Kaieteur National Park also in Guyana. Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010h) reported the first Venezuelan specimens from the upper sector of La Escalera in Sierra de Lema, Bolívar. Jungfer et al. (2013) passed the species to Tepuihyla based on genetic data, though this eliminated one of the most characteristic morphological synapomorphies of Tepuihyla : the absence of webbing between toes I and II. Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005 is a junior synonym of T. exophthalma according to Jungfer et al. (2013).

Selected references: MacCulloch and Lathrop (2005); Kok and Kalamandeen (2008); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010h); Jungfer et al. (2013); Señaris et al. (2014).