Ranita Dorada Reserve

wildlife preserve

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]

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

History

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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

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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:

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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ranita Dorada Amphibian Reserve". ProAves. July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "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.