Aprada-tepui explained

Aprada-tepui
Elevation M:	2500
Map:	Venezuela
Map Size:	250
Location:	Bolívar, Venezuela
Coordinates:	5.4106°N -62.4483°W

Aprada-tepui is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. It has an elevation of around 2500m (8,200feet) above sea level. It gives its name to the Aprada Massif, which also includes the smaller Araopán-tepui to the east. A steep, semi-circular ridge connects these two summits. Aprada-tepui lies 22km (14miles) northwest of the much larger Chimantá Massif and around 25km (16miles) east of the Pemón village of Urimán.^[1]

Aprada-tepui has a summit area of 4.37sqkm and, together with Araopán-tepui, an estimated slope area of 210sqkm. Both peaks are situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park.^[2]

Flora and fauna

Frogs Pristimantis jamescameroni^[3] and Anomaloglossus breweri are endemic to Aprada-tepui—they are found nowhere else.^[4]

See also

• Distribution of Heliamphora

Further reading

• Barrio-Amorós, C.L. (17 January 2006). A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethus) from Aprada tepui, southern Venezuela. Zootaxa 1110: 59–68.
• Brewer-Carías, C. (2010). El origen de los tepuyes: los hijos de las estrellas. Río Verde 3: 54–69.

Notes and References

1. Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61.
2. Torres, I.N. & D.D. Martín (November 2007). Web site: Informe Final de la Evaluación del Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela, como Sitio de Patrimonio Natural de la Humanidad. . Mejorando Nuestra Herencia.
3. Web site: Pristimantis jamescameroni Kok, 2013 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2020 . Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 . American Museum of Natural History . 10.5531/db.vz.0001 . 23 June 2020.
4. Web site: Anomaloglossus breweri (Barrio-Amorós, 2006) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2020 . Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 . American Museum of Natural History . 10.5531/db.vz.0001 . 23 June 2020.