Zonas prioritarias para la conservación de anfibios en el bosque estacionalmente seco ecuatorial, de Ecuador y Perú.

Abstract

Abstract: The seasonally dry forests (BES) distributed in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru are challenging ecosystems, but with a particular richness of amphibians, home to at least thirty native species. The paucity of biological information and the lack of attention to the forests, together with their constant threats, make their inclusion in the protected areas system urgent. The present work focuses on identifying priority zones for amphibian conservation within the equatorial BES, relying on the use of a database generated over more than five years of field work, with georeferenced records of amphibians, as well as the application of geographic information systems; for which geospatial processes were carried out to generate information to help identify these areas. The results obtained show the lack of research effort in the BES, especially in the equatorial BES of Peru, which represents a drawback for the conservation of amphibians, in addition to the fact that a large part of the equatorial BES of Ecuador and Peru is not considered a protected area.