Site Report: Roraima, Venezuela
Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Roraima from Camp Rum
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
Kumachi Termites (Termitidae sp)
Rapateaceae (Stegolepis sp)
Roraima Tarflower (Bejaria imthurnii)
Pitcher plants, Roraima
Dew plant, Roraima
Carnivorous plant, Roraima
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Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Roraima from Camp Rum
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
Kumachi Termites (Termitidae sp)
Rapateaceae (Stegolepis sp)
Roraima Tarflower (Bejaria imthurnii)
Pitcher plants, Roraima
Dew plant, Roraima
Carnivorous plant, Roraima
These are a few of the Species seen on my hike to the top of Roraima Tepui.
Visits
- 2004-01-22: This was the middle of a five day hike to the top of Roraima. I only have a few species to note here. The hike was brutal with limited shade, rolling hills, and high heat until we reached the top where it was a very steep climb in the rain.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (5 records,
2 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record,
1 image)
Class: Insects
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Termites
- Kumachi Termites (Termitidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(4 records,
1 image)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Roraima Black Frog (Oreophrynella quelchii)
Class: Birds
(3 records,
0 images)
- Order: Perching Birds
(3 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Greater Flowerpiercer (Diglossa major)
Kingdom: Plants (6 records,
6 images)
Phylum: Vascular Plants
(6 records,
6 images)
Class: Dicots
(4 records,
4 images)
- Order: Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Heaths
- Roraima Tarflower (Bejaria imthurnii)
- Family: New World Pitcher Plants
- Pitcher Plant (Sarraceniaceae sp)
- Order: Nances, Willows, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Bonnetias
- Bonnetia (Bonnetia roraimae)
- Order: Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Sundews
- Sundew (Drosera sp)
Class: Monocots
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Bromeliads
- Bromeliad (Brocchinia reducta)
- Family: Rapateaceae
- Rapateaceae (Stegolepis sp)