Boana benitezi (Rivero 1961)

Type: MCZ 28564 .

Type locality: Caño Wanadi, Cerro Marahuaca, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela .

Distribution: Region 5. Western Guayana uplands and highlands, and northernmost Roraima State in Brazil.

Remarks: In Boana benitezi species group (Faivovich et al. 2005). Boana tepuiana is a vicariant species from the eastern Guayana uplands (Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carías 2008).

Selected references: Rivero (1961, 1964b, 1967a, 1971b); Donnelly and Myers (1991); Heyer (1994b); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carías (2008).