Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Venezuela View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species was until recently only known from a single locality in Bolívar State, Venezuela, at the foot of the Auyan tepui, at 1,650m asl, on a trail from Danto and Pinon. A second specimen was recently discovered by the Cucurital River. The exact distributional limits of this species are not yet known. Habitat and Ecology It occurs in tropical rainforest, and males call in the margins of small streams in the forest or near waterfalls in the spray-zone. This species lays its eggs on land, and the larvae are then carried to water by the adults, where they develop further. Population It is common. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats There are no major threats to this species at present. Conservation Actions Its type locality is protected within Parque Nacional Canaima. Taxonomic Notes According to Myers and Donnelly (2001), this species was treated as Colostethus sp. in Grant et al. (1997). Citation Enrique La Marca, Celsa Señaris 2004. Anomaloglossus tepuyensis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use