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An alert concerning a possible threat to the amphibian fauna east of the Andes: discovery of the American Bullfrog in Eastern Colombia.(Notas)
Publication: Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales Publication Date: 01-DEC-05 Author: Lynch, John D.
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Acedemia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales
Resumen
Se encontraron en el oriente de Boyaca renacuajos de Rana Toro, Rana catesbeiana, una especie introducida. La introduccion de esta especie extranjera en la cuenca amazonica puede causar cambios dramaticos en la fauna nativa de ranas.
Palabras clave: Amazonia, amenaza a la conservacion, especie introducida.
Abstract
Free-living tadpoles of the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, an introduced species, were found in eastern Boyaca. The introduction of this alien into the Amazon Basin could cause dramatic changes in the frog fauna there.
Key words: Amazonia, conservation threat, introduced species.
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