Telmatobius is the most diverse group of anurans in the Andean Altiplano (highlands)
Morphologically, these amphibians have a generally conserved morphology but in turn …

The Ascotán salt pan is an extreme freshwater system in the Southern Altiplano of Chile (17°-
22° S). Its origin has been traced to the presence of the paleolake Minchin approximately …

The Andean Altiplano is characterized by its isolation, high altitude (> 3,600 m asl), and a
unique biodiversity, containing water systems such as lakes, rivers, wetlands, and salt flats …

Ecological opportunity is frequently proposed as the sole ingredient for adaptive radiation
into novel niches. An additional trigger may be genome-wide hybridization resulting from …

Abstract Background The Chilean Altiplano and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile
harbor isolated hydrological systems or oases where it is possible to find minute aquatic …

In high altitude environments, extreme levels of solar radiation and important differences of
ionic concentrations over narrow spatial scales may modulate microbial activity. In Salar de …

The amphibian genus Telmatobius is a diverse group of species that inhabits the Andes.
This study analysed the phylogenetic relationships of 19 species described from the central …

Orestias ascotanensis (Cyprinodontidae) is a teleost pupfish endemic to springs feeding into
the Ascotan saltpan in the Chilean Altiplano (3,700 masl) and represents an opportunity to …

This study examines the limnology and ecology of two high altitude wetlands, Lirima (19°
51'24 S; 68° 55'02 W; 4000 m asl) and Caya (20° 37'21 S; 68° 58'28 W; 3700 m asl), located …

Species recognition in freshwater snails of the genus Heleobia Stimpson, in the Loa River
basin is a difficult task to perform because these snails are similar in shell morphology. In …