Endemic Animals of Guyana

Anomaloglossus beebei (common names: Beebe's rocket frog, golden rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Guyana and only found on the Kaieteur Plateau, in the eastern edge of them Pacaraima Mountains. Recently, it has also been found on Mount Ayanganna.This frog inhabits the tank of the giant bromeliad Brocchinia micrantha. Tadpoles live in small amounts of water trapped in the leaf axils. It is an ...
opportunistic sit and wait predator whose diet includes small arthropods, mosquitos, and midges.Anomaloglossus beebei has been assessed as being an endangered species because its range is small ( Less

Nesorohyla is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The sole species is Nesorohyla kanaima, also known as the Kanaima treefrog. It is endemic to Guyana. and possibly Brazil and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. Less

Osteocephalus helenae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is widely distributed in the Amazon Basin and is known from the lowlands of Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and French Guiana. The specific name helenae honors Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige, an American herpetologist. Common name Helena's treefrog has been proposed for it. Less

Oscaecilia zweifeli is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is a poorly known species only known from few specimens: the holotype from the imprecise type locality, "a small creek tributary to Río Mazaruni" in Guyana, one from similarly imprecise Cayenne in French Guiana, and another one from the Nouragues research station in French Guiana. The specific name zweifeli honors Richard G. Zweifel, an American herpetologist. Common ...
names Zweifel's caecilian and tributary caecilian have been coined for it. Less

The New River tree frog (Trachycephalus hadroceps ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Less

Adenomera lutzi is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Guyana. First described from the upper Potaro River based on specimens collected before 1905, it is now known from a number of sites around the Pakaraima Mountains in west-central Guyana. The specific name lutzi honors Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian medical entomologist and parasitologist and a pioneer of herpetology. Common names Lutz's tropical bullfrog and Lutz's ...
thin-toed frog have been coined for the species. Less

Caecilia pressula is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is found in Guyana and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Less

Stefania coxi is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae.It is endemic to Guyana and has been found on Mount Ayanganna and Mount Wokomung.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests at higher elevations. Less

Warren's tree frog (Tepuihyla warreni ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Guyana and possibly Brazil and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.Originally placed in the genus Hyla because its true relationships were unknown, it has since been placed in the genus Tepuihyla. Less

The Kaieteur Tepui treefrog (Tepuihyla talbergae ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Guyana.This species is known only from the type locality, which is given as "Kaieteur Falls, 366 m asl (05° 10' N; 59° 28' W), Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guyana" (Duellman and Yoshpa 1996). It might occur more widely. Less

Dendropsophus grandisonae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.It is endemic to Guyana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Less

Gonatodes timidus is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family found in Guyana. Less

Stejneger's worm lizard (Amphisbaena stejnegeri) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Guyana. Less

Yanomamia hoogmoedi is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Guyana. Less

The Sinnamary brush-tailed rat (Isothrix sinnamariensis ), is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Less