Stefanias
Stefania
Stefania is a genus of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae. They are native to the highlands of the Guiana Shield in southern Venezuela, Guyana, and adjacent far northern Brazil. Most are restricted to the tepui highlands, but S. evansi also occurs in lowlands. On most mountains there are only 1–2 species from this genus, but five are known from Mount Ayanganna and the neighbouring Mount Wokomung has six species. They are usually found near streams at low levels on branches/leaves or on the ground among vegetation/rocks.
They are famous for their breeding strategy where the development from eggs to froglets is completed on the back of the female (the eggs hatch to froglets; there is no free-swimming tadpole stage). The common name carrying frog is sometimes used for Stefania species and it refers to this behavior. A comparable behavior can also be seen in the other genera in the family Hemiphractidae.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Woodley's Stefania
speciesStefania woodleyi
Stefania imawari
speciesStefania imawari
Stefania lathropae
speciesStefania lathropae
Roraima Stefania
speciesStefania roraimae
Tepuis Treefrog
speciesStefania ginesi
Stefania upuigmae
speciesStefania upuigmae
Evans's Stefania
speciesStefania evansi
Stefania schuberti
speciesStefania schuberti
Stefania satelles
speciesStefania satelles
Stefania maccullochi
speciesStefania maccullochi
Ackawaio Stefania
speciesStefania ackawaio
Ayanganna Stefania
speciesStefania ayangannae
Brewer's Carrying Frog
speciesStefania breweri
Stefania percristata
speciesStefania percristata
Stefania neblinae
speciesStefania neblinae
Stefania riveroi
speciesStefania riveroi
Stefania oculosa
speciesStefania oculosa
Vegas Falls Treefrog
speciesStefania goini
Sarisariñama Carrying Frog
speciesStefania riae
Stefania tamacuarina
speciesStefania tamacuarina
Cox's Stefania
speciesStefania coxi
Stefania scalae
speciesStefania scalae
Marahuaca Treefrog
speciesStefania marahuaquensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24201.