Ranita Dorada Reserve

Ranita Dorada Amphibian Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Location Colombia
Tolima
Nearest cityFrias
Coordinates5°01′S 75°02′W / 5.017°S 75.033°W / -5.017; -75.033
Area1.14931 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Established2008

The Ranita Dorada Reserve, Ranita Dorada Amphibian Reserve, or Reserva Ranita Dorada is a place in Colombia. It is a piece of cloud forest where people may only use some of the trees and other things people could need so that the animals there can live without people.[1][2][3][4]

History

Three groups, IUCN Netherlands, Dendrobatidae Nederland, and Conservation International and Netherlands Postcode Lottery, asked the government of Colombia to make the place into a reserve. They made the reserve in 2008. They asked so that two frog species would have a place to live: Andinobates doriswainsonae and Andinobates tolimense.[1][2]

Animals

Many plants and animals live in the reserve, for example birds, mammals, snakes, and frogs.[1]

These are some of the animals that live in the reserve:

  • Cochranella rosada
  • Cochranella susatamai
  • Cochranella punctulata
  • Centrolene prosoblepon
  • Centrolene robledoi
  • Bolitoglossa lozanoi
  • Eleutherodactylus fallax
  • Eleutherodactylus penelopus
  • Eleutherodactylus raniformis

Place

This reserve is in Tolima, Colombia (5º 01'N 75º 02'W) between 1580 and 1900 meters above sea level. It is 284 acres in size. It is a lower montane wet forest, or cloud forest. It rains between 2,000 and 2,500 mm each year. The temperature is between 15 and 22°C.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ranita Dorada Amphibian Reserve". ProAves. July 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Last refuges of endangered species mapped, showing nearly half lack protection" (Press release). International Union for the Conservation of Nature. November 9, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ John Cannon; Shreya Dasgupta (November 23, 2018). "Map pinpoints 'last chance' locations of endangered species". Mongabay. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ranita Dorada". Protected Planet. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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