''Tepuihyla rodriguezi'', also known as the Rodriguez's Amazon treefrog is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

found in southeastern

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

and

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

. ''Tepuihyla galani'', assessed as "

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" by the

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. is now considered a junior synonym of ''Tepuihyla rodriguezi''.

References

Tepuihyla Amphibians of Guyana Amphibians of Venezuela Amphibians described in 1968 Taxa named by Juan A. Rivero Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Hylidae-stub