tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
Cerro Avispa
Cerro Avispa is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela.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 ...
and the vast complex of
Cerro de la Neblina
Cerro de la Neblina (lit. "Mountain of the Mist"), also known as Serra da Neblina in Brazil and Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela, is a sandstone massif located in the northern Amazon Basin. It is a tilted, heavily eroded plateau, with a deep can ...
. Cerro Aracamuni and Cerro Avispa share a common slope area; they have a combined summit area of and an estimated combined slope area of . Both of these cerro-plateaus have a maximum elevation of around .
Cerro Aracamuni lies within the
Serranía de la Neblina National Park
The Serranía de la Neblina National Park is a national park of Venezuela.
Location
It is located in the State of Amazonas, southwest of the Parima Tapirapecó National Park. It covers the area of the Cerro de la Neblina, whose highest peak on t ...
. There is illegal mining activity at its base.
Cerro Aracamuni emerald-barred frog, ''
Ceuthomantis aracamuni
''Ceuthomantis aracamuni'', also known as the Cerro Aracamuni emerald-barred frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceuthomantidae. It is endemic to Cerro Aracamuni in southern Amazonas, Venezuela.
Description
The type series consists of two ...