Duida–Marahuaca National Park Explained

Duida–Marahuaca National Park is a protected area in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an area of 210,000 ha, and includes the Duida–Marahuaca Massif.The national park was established in 1978. It has been included within the Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve,^[1] which was designated in 1993.

Endemic fauna

Frogs

Venezuela's tepuys are the home of a number of endemic frog species. Sometimes these species are known from only a single tepuy, as is the case of several which are to be found in the national park.

• Cerro Duida
  • Mount Duida frog (Dischidodactylus duidensis)
• Cerro Marahuaca

Several frog species are only known from the summit of Cerro Marahuaca, including Pristimantis marahuaka,^[2] Metaphryniscus sosai,^[3] and Myersiohyla inparquesi.^[4]

Birdlife

• Duida grass finch (Emberizoides duidae)^[5]

See also

• List of national parks of Venezuela
• Cerro Huachamacari

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parque Nacional Duida-Marahuaca . BirdLife Data Zone . 2017-09-15.
2. César Luis Barrio Amorós . Oswaldo Fuentes-Ramos . Pristimantis marahuaka . 2006 . e.T61813A12561243 . 2006 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61813A12561243.en . 3 January 2018.
3. Enrique La Marca . Celsa Señaris . Metaphryniscus sosai . 2004 . e.T54834A11213064 . 2004 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54834A11213064.en . 3 January 2018.
4. Celsa Señaris . Enrique La Marca . Myersiohyla inparquesi . 2004 . e.T55515A11322624 . 2004 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55515A11322624.en . 3 January 2018.
5. BirdLife International . 2016 . Emberizoides duidae . 2016 . e.T22723375A94813935 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723375A94813935.en . 12 November 2021.