Stefania oculosa
Stefania oculosa (common name in Spanish: rana stefania de ojos grandes) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to the Bolívar state of southern Venezuela and only known from Cerro Jaua, a tepui; it possibly occurs more widely. It was found on rocks in a fast-flowing cascading stream where it co-occurred with Stefania percristata. The known range is within the Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park, and the species is not facing known threats.
From the article Stefania oculosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It was found on rocks in a fast-flowing cascading stream where it co-occurred with Boana rhythmica, Stefania percristata, and B. tepuiana. The slopes where the frog lives have medium-height forest with thick understory. The known range is within the Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park, and the species is not facing known threats.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
The female frogs carry their eggs on their backs. This animal hatches out of its egg as a small froglet with no free-swimming tadpole stage.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Listen
Looking for field recordings…
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Stefania oculosa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24202.