Abstract ........................................................ 5
Resumen ......................................................... 5
Introduction .................................................... 7
Modern Discovery and Exploration of Auyantepui ................ 8
Herpetological History ....................................... 11
Materials and Methods ........................................ 12
Cartographic Sources and Nomenclature ........................ 13
The Natural Landscape and Collecting Sites ..................... 13
Camp 1, 1700 m (5°51'N, 62°32'W) ............................. 16
Camp 2, 1750 m (5°54'N, 62°29'W) ............................. 17
Camp 3, 1850 m (5°53'N, 62°38'W) ............................. 17
Camp 4, 1600 m (5°58'N, 62°33'W) ............................. 17
Camp 5, 2100 m (5°46'N, 62°32'W) ............................. 17
Bufonidae ...................................................... 26
Oreophrynella cryptica Señaris ............................... 26
Centrolenidae .................................................. 29
Centrolene gorzulai (Ayarzagüena) ............................ 29
Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum Myers and Donnelly .......... 30
Hyalinobatrachium taylori (Goin) ............................. 30
Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae ................................... 30
Anomaloglossus tepuyensis (La Marca) ......................... 30
Hylidae ........................................................ 45
Hypsiboas angelicus, new species ............................. 45
Hypsiboas species (H. angelicus?), tadpole ................... 50
Hypsiboas lemai (Rivero) [nonsummit species] ................. 52
Hypsiboas jimenezi Señaris and Ayarzagüena ................... 53
Hypsiboas sibleszi Rivero .................................... 58
Tepuihyla edelcae (Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula) ........ 60
Hemiphractidae (Cryptobatrachidae auctorum) .................... 70
Stefania schuberti Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula ......... 70
Brachycephalidae ............................................... 72
Eleutherodactylus auricarens, new species .................... 72
Eleutherodactylus pulvinatus Rivero .......................... 79
Leptodactylidae ................................................ 82
Leptodactylus rugosus Noble .................................. 82
Gymnophthalmidae ............................................... 88
Anadia species ............................................... 88
Arthrosaura montigena, new species ........................... 89
Key to the Named Species of Arthrosaura ...................... 97
Neusticurus rudis Boulenger .................................. 97
Polychridae ................................................... 100
Anolis chrysolepis planiceps Troschel ....................... 100
Tropiduridae .................................................. 110
Tropidurus bogerti Roze ..................................... 110
Colubridae .................................................... 114
Atractus guerreroi, new species ............................. 114
Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus) ................................. 121
Leptodeira annulata ashmeadii (Hallowell) ................... 123
Liophis trebbaui Roze ....................................... 123
Notes on Liophis miliaris in Venezuela ...................... 127
Mastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen) ............................ 130
Crotalidae .................................................... 132
Bothrops atrox (Linnaeus) ................................... 132
Summary Discussion and Conclusions ............................ 132
Acknowledgments ............................................... 137
References .................................................... 138
Note Added in Proof ........................................... 147
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