THE AMPHIBIAN FAUNA IN THE VILLAVICENCIO REGION OF EASTERN COLOMBIA

• Main Author: LYNCH JOHN D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2006-06-01
• Series: Caldasia
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39277

<div>The Villavicencio Region, at the base of the eastern mountain range, harbors an</div><div>amphibian fauna consisting of three caecilians, 45 frogs, and one salamander. This</div><div>fauna includes 16 abundant species of frogs and toads that occupy open habitats</div><div>and which do not invade forested areas of these lowlands. An additional 24 species</div><div>require moist conditions and occur principally in areas supporting forests. Seven</div><div>other species are species of the Andean slopes that have their lowest records in</div><div>the lowlands. This local fauna is enriched in treefrogs and impoverished in terms</div><div>of centrolenids and leptodactylids relative to the diversities of various amphibian</div><div>groups in the country as a whole.</div>