Hyloxalus Anthracinus
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Hyloxalus Anthracinus
''Hyloxalus anthracinus'' is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Ecuador and occurs on the Cordillera Oriental and in the Mazán River, southern Ecuador. Description The adult male frog measures 16.2–19.0 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 17.1-23.6 mm. This frog has no webbed skin on any of its four feet. The skin of the dorsum is mottled with lighter marks. Some frogs also have black marks. There is a black line from the shoulder to the cloaca. Larger males have darker bellies than smaller males, and older females have more spots on their throats than younger females. Female frogs have white bellies. The male frog's testicles are white in color. Etymology Scientists gave this frog the Latin name ''anthracinus'' for the coal-black color of its stripes. Young Scientists think that the female frog lays eggs on the ground and that the adult male frogs carry the tadpoles to streams. Habitat Its natural habitats are páramo, very humid ...
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Azuay Province
Azuay (, ), Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of . Its capital and largest city is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach above sea level in the national park of El Cajas. Azuay is located on the Panamerican Highway. Cuenca is connected by national flights from Quito and Guayaquil. It has the largest hydroelectric plant of the country, situated on the river Paute. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: * Mestizo 89.6% * White 5.1% * Indigenous 2.5% * Afro-Ecuadorian 2.2% * Montubio 0.4% * Other 0.2% Cantons The province is divided into 15 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the 2010 census, its area in square kilometres (km2), and the name of the canton seat or capital.Cantons of Ecuador ...
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Parque Nacional Sangay
Sangay National Park () is a national park located in the Morona-Santiago, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cañar, and Azuay provinces of Ecuador. The park contains two active volcanoes (Tungurahua and Sangay), one extinct volcano El Altar (Kapak Urku). Protecting a range of elevations from above sea level, Sangay National Park contains a wide variety of habitats, including glaciers, volcanic landscapes, tropical rainforests, cloud forests, wetlands, grasslands, and one of the largest regions of páramo (high elevation moorlands) in Ecuador. 327 lakes feed into a vast wetland system covering . Because of its complex ecology and geology, as well as its outstanding biodiversity, the park has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. In 1992, it was added to the List of World Heritage in Danger due to illegal poaching, extensive grazing, unplanned road construction, and encroachment of the park's perimeter. It was removed from the UNESCO list of endangered sites in 2005. E ...
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