Background and Research Aims: Globally, Colombia is the country with the largest extent of
Páramos (delimited in 36 complexes) and with the greatest number of amphibian species in …

Ecuador has among the world's highest biodiversity, despite being a tiny fraction of the
world's land area. The threat of extinction for some of this biodiversity has dramatically …

Glassfrogs (family: Centrolenidae) represent a fantastic radiation (~ 150 described species)
of Neotropical anurans that originated in South America and dispersed into Central America …

With 477 species of non-avian reptiles within an area of 283,561 km2, Ecuador has the
highest density of reptile species richness among megadiverse countries in the world. This …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) constitute part of a broad range of bioactive compounds
present on diverse organisms, including frogs. Peptides, produced in the granular glands of …

Anurans emit advertisement calls with the purpose of attracting mates and repelling
conspecific competitors. The evolution of call traits is expected to be associated with the …

We explore the effect of roads in animal mortality within the Biodiversity Hotspot with the
highest number of endemic species of vertebrates on Earth, the Tropical Andes. Our …

Background The development of anthropogenic activities has generated a decline in aquatic
fauna populations, and amphibians have been the most affected. The decline of …

We describe six new species of rainfrogs of the genus Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) from
Amazonian cloud forests in Ecuador. We also present a phylogeny showing the …

This study analyzes the effect of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the spatiotemporal variability
of ozone (O 3), sulfur dioxide (SO 2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) concentrations in different …