Stefania satelles Señaris, Ayarzaguena and Gorzula, 1997

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 : 59

Stefania satelles Señaris, Ayarzaguena and Gorzula, 1997 *

Holotype: MHNLS 10433 .

Type locality: “Aprada-tepui I, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela (05°24’N, 62°27’W), 2,500 m snm.”

Distribution: Region 5. Described as endemic to several small tepuis in Estado Bolívar: Aprada-tepui, Angasima-tepui (Adanta), and Upuigma-tepui (El Castillo) sensu Señaris et al. (1996). Kok et al. (2016) restricted it to Aprada tepui, its type locality, while the rest of Stefania on other tepuis formerly identified as satelles are confirmed as candidate species (see Appendix 1).

Selected references: Gorzula (1992); Señaris et al. (1996, 2014); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio-Amorós and Fuentes (2003); Salerno and Pauly (2012); Kok et al. (2016, 2017).