Aprada-tepui is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. It has an elevation of around above sea level. It gives its name to the Aprada Massif, which also includes the smaller Araopán-tepui to the east. A steep, semi-circular ridge connects these two summits. Aprada-tepui lies northwest of the much larger Chimantá Massif and around east of the Pemón village of Urimán.
Aprada-tepui has a summit area of and, together with Araopán-tepui, an estimated slope area of . Both peaks are situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park.
Flora and fauna
Frogs Pristimantis jamescameroni and Anomaloglossus breweri are endemic to Aprada-tepui—they are found nowhere else.
See also
Distribution of Heliamphora
References
Further reading
Barrio-Amorós, C.L. (17 January 2006). A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethus) from Aprada tepui, southern Venezuela. Zootaxa 1110: 59–68. Brewer-Carías, C. (2010). El origen de los tepuyes: los hijos de las estrellas. Río Verde 3: 54–69.
Tepuis of Venezuela
Mountains of Venezuela
Mountains of Bolívar (state)