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A number of new species found in Ecuador

Posted by watertree under Animal

Studies reptiles and amphibians, ecology expedition, recently, they are endangered rainforest in Ecuador, including transparent frogs were found, including more than 30 kinds of frogs, a snail-eating snakes and can stand a pencil head of a small gecko .

The discovery of these species in western Ecuador, called the Cerro Pata de Pájaro of rainforest, there is 95% of the trees have been cut off due to land reclamation, in the remaining rainforest, each hill is a small ecological environment. Here, frogs lizards and other small biological difficult to survive with.

Frog species here is extremely rich and walk a few steps you will be able to find another frog. Other new species found, including a mouth is a circular red spots a snake, it relies on eating snails survive; of tree frogs live in trees; lung degradation, totally dependent on the skin to breathe, salamander; tiny lizards and not previously seen stick insects.

But the discoverer, also said that the discovery of these new species, but also an indication of which are endangered species, as climate change and reduction of forest area, they most likely will become extinct.

Here are photos:

1. Transparent wow the heart of the clearly visible

Tags: Cerro Pata de Pajaro, ecological environment, Lepidoblepharis buschwaldii, new species Ecuador, Sarai

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