GUAYAQUIL

FLORA

- Laurel de Puná, Cordia macrantha:

+ Medium to large tree reaches a height greater than 30 m and up to 1 m DBH.
+Straight, cylindrical stem, they grow in the open field.
+Whitish outer bark, somewhat fissured, with lenticular lenticels, hard and of
medium thickness
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- Mangle blanco:
+Tree, up to 10 m tall
+Tiny white flowers and glabrous fruit
+It is distributed in the Gulf of Guayaquil
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FAUNA

- Papagayo de Guayaquil:
+Bird 85 to 90 cm long
+Green in color with a bright red forehead, the wings and lower back are blue.
+Its main threats are forest fragmentation, deforestation, arson, expansion of the
agricultural frontier and hunting for illegal trafficking.
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- Culebra:
+Non poisonous snake
+90 to 110 cm in length
+Body with light brown to greenish dorsal portion, white belly, light yellow on the
gular portion.
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EASTERN SIDE
FAUNA

- El tucuxi or bufeo negro:

+ The tucuxi is very similar to the bottlenose dolphin.
+ The dorsal fin has the typical hook shape.
+ 2.1m long and weighs 55 kg on average.
+Adults have between 28 and 35 teeth.
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- Águila harpía:
+ Its habitat is the rain forest.
+ Are 100 cm long, 200 cm wingspan.
+ Adults of both sexes have the same plumage color.
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- Caimán negro:
+ It is the largest species within the Alligatoridae family.
+ Black hatchlings and juveniles.
+ Nocturnal species, considered the largest predator in the Amazon.
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- Capibara:
+ It is a terrestrial and semi-aquatic animal.
+ Is herbivorous.
+ It is the largest living rodent.
+ The body is long and robust, the tail is vestigial, and the limbs are short.
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FLORA

- Epífitas del Amazonas:

+ They can grow on trunks, branches, leaves, as well as on top of other epiphytes.
+ Epiphytes form complete micro-ecosystems in macrolobia trees.
+ Where they grow in very irregular shapes, similar to "bonsai".
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- Orquídeas del Oriente Ecuatoriano:

+ Most growing as epiphytes on tree branches.
+ Species come in many shapes and colors, including greens.
+ No other group of flowering plants is as large as orchids.
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- Lianas:
+ Grow along their trunks.
+ Qrow up to a few hundred meters spreading through the crowns of many trees.
+ Responded to the conditions of the scarcity of light in the undergrowth of the forest.
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- Hongos del Oriente Ecuatoriano:
+ With so much humidity, fungi can be found throughout the year.
+ There are mushrooms that cover the entire trunk of a tree and glow in the dark,
+ Others are parasites that grow on the body of insects.
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Peninsula Region
FLORA

- Algodón de Darwin:
+ This species can reach up to 3 meters in height.
+ Its flowers are bright purple and yellow.
+ Its cotton is used by birds to build their nests.
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- Pega pega:
+ It can grow up to 15 meters high.
+ Its name "Pega Pega" is due to the fact that its fruits are sticky.
+ Its flowers are in the form of a cluster and are difficult to visualize.
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- Guayabillo
+ It is a tree that can reach 10 meters in height.
+ Its fruit is round which changes color when ripe (from yellow to black)
 + Its flowers are white, small and it has elliptical leaves.
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- Tuna Cactus:
+ Are its stem full of thorns.
+ Its flowers turn from yellow to orange-red in the form of a thorn to protect its
fruit.
+ They are divided into 14 subspecies.
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FAUNA

- Leones marinos
+ It is a medium-sized marine mammal.
+ 1.50 m to 2.50 m in length.
+ A weight that remains between 50 and 250 kg.
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- Piqueros de patas azules:
+ 76-84cm long.
+ Recognizable by the intense blue color of its webbed feet.
+ They have an average lifespan of 17 years.
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- Fragata real:
+ Average life expectancy between 15 and 25 years.
+ Males are easily identified thanks to a deep red pouch under their beak.
+ it can fly incredibly long distances, for several days and nights without rest.
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- Pingüino de galápagos:
+ A population of less than 2000 individuals.
+ Average life expectancy up to 20 years
+ 50cm tall
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highland región
FAUNA

- El cóndor:
+ It is the largest bird of prey in the world.
+ It is a threatened species and it is estimated that there are around 100 birds.
+ Black wings of more than 3 meters.
+Dark body of 11 kilograms and paws with claws the size of a man's arm.
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- Tucán andino:
+ Dark bird with a characteristic colorful beak and greyish-blue plumage.
+ It lives in the humid forest areas of the Andes.
+ Lives in pairs or in small groups in search of food.
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- Rupícola andina:
+ It is a very colorful and exotic bird
+ Famous for its red plumage on the chest and head.
 + Its name derives from the humid ravines of its hábitat
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- Quetzal crestado:
+ Can be found in rainy mountain forest áreas.
+ It feeds mainly on insects and fruits such as blackberries.
+ Its characteristic song indicates the period of reproduction .
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FLORA

- Cedro:
+ It can reach up to 40 meters high.
+ An ancient tree since it can live hundreds of years.
+ The area is of vital importance, there is a small forest of this species.
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- Bromelias:
+ They are epiphytic plants, that is, they live on other elements.
+ Accumulate a lot of water from the environment.
+ they are the habitat of amphibians and aquatic insects.
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- Guanderas:
+ Dry or hard to cut tree.
+ An ancient tree, grows one centimeter per year and can measure up to 30m.
+ Its leaves are succulent and of opposite disposition.
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- Almohadillas
+ They grow stuck in the form of a pillow or cushion.
+ They grow stuck in the form of a pillow or cushion.
+ They growing is very slowly
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