José A Ochoa Routes Ecuador 200 3400 m Amazon rainforest mountain forest dry forest and interAndean valleys Perú sea level 4300 m interAndean valleys coastal desert dry forests highland mountain rainforest and Amazon basin ID: 797943
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Perú and Ecuador
19 December 2007 – 14 March 2008
José A. Ochoa
Slide2Routes:
Ecuador:
(200 – 3400 m): Amazon
rainforest, mountain forest, dry forest, and inter-Andean valleys
Perú:
(sea level – 4300 m): inter-Andean valleys, coastal desert, dry forests, highland, mountain rainforest and Amazon basin.
ca.
13 600 km
Slide361 scorpion species
Brachistosternus
14
Orobothriurus 1
Pachakutej 1Tityus 15
Ananteris 1
Centruroides 1
Hadruroides 12
Chactopsis 1
Chactas 1
Teuthraustes 14
Slide4Perú: Pacific desert
Brachistosternus turpuq
Arequipa
Hadruroides
Isla Santa
Slide5Desert in southern Perú: 250 m
Our car in the first part of the trip
Santa, northern Perú
Slide6Perú: Andes
Brachistosternus titicaca
Puno
Hadruroides carinatus
Cajamarca
Slide7Ayacucho is famous for its large number of churches
Wari was a civilization that flourished in the Andes from about 500 to 1200 A.D.
Wari ruins
(
2470 m, near Ayacucho)
Pachachaca bridge (2000 m, Apurímac): type locality of
Brachistoternus peruvianus
The fortress of Kuelap was built around 800 A.D. (Chachapoyas culture). Near this site we collected one species of
Teuthraustes
Slide8Roberto Gutierrez, José A. Ochoa, Dany Apaza
Marañon river, between Cajamarca and Amazonas
We need some vaccines
Cajamarca (2800 m, nothrern Perú). Next point: Amazon rainforest
Slide9Perú: Mountain rainforest
Ananteris
Teuthraustes
San Martín
San Martín
Slide10Perú: Amazon rainforest
Tityus metuendus
Chactopsis
Loreto
Ucayali
Slide11Amazon river near to Iquitos
The Gocta waterfall (771 m)
Slide12Comunidad El Chino, Tahuayo river
Travelling many hours in this kind of boat
Food delivery
Slide13Teuthraustes
Carchi
Loja
Tityus
Ecuador: Andes
Slide14Dry forest in Ecuador
Centruroides
Hadruroides
San Felipe de Oña
Catamayo
Slide15Marco Lara, Judith Borja and Arturo Jimenez in Loja Ecuador
Ecuador is a beautiful country
San Francisco: Quito
Riobamba
Laguna Cuicocha (3400 m, northern Ecuador)
Slide16Ecuador: Amazon Rainforest
Tityus
Tiputini
Slide17Estación Biodiversidad Tiputini. Provincia Orellana, Ecuador
Slide18Some little difficulties with the rain
Slide19Acknowledgments to:
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales de Perú (INRENA)
Ministerio del Ambiente de la Republica del Ecuador
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito
Estación Biodiversidad Tiputini, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Jefatura Parque Nacional Río Abiseo, Perú
Jefatura Bosque de Protección Alto Mayo, Perú
Help in fieldwork
Roberto Gutiérrez, Dany Apaza, Dayvis Huamán, Aarón Quiroz, Juan Carlos Chaparro, Joyce Vitorino Villegas, Guissepe Gagliardi and Cesar Gil Perleche (Perú)
Fabian Bersosa, Santiago Villamarín, Vladimir Carbajal, Adrian Troya, Pablo Araujo, Judith Borja, Arturo Jimenez and Marco Lara (Ecuador).
Oscar Ochoa Cámara for loan his car