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COLLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Name: Leizl Anne Pozon Course/ Year and Section: BSED-SCI 3-2

Task 4: Endemic Species Vulnerability Analysis

The following table is a sample of a very large body of data reported by J. P. Collins, M.
L. Crump, and T. E.
Lovejoy III in their book Extinction in Our Times–Global Amphibian Decline. It compares
various areas of the world in terms of the number of amphibian species found and the number of
amphibian species that were endemic, or unique to each area. Scientists like to know these
percentages because endemic species tend to be more vulnerable to extinction than do non-
endemic species. Study the table below and then answer the following questions.

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1. Fill in the fourth column to calculate the percentage of amphibian species that are
endemic to each area.
Area Number of Number Percentage
Species of Endemic
Endemic
Species
Pacific/ Cascades/ Sierra Nevada Mountains of North 52 43 82.69%
America
Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States 101 37 36.63%
Southern Coastal Plain of the United States 68 27 39.70%
Southern Sierra Madre of Mexico 118 74 62.71%
Highlands of Western Central America 126 70 55.55%
Highlands of Costa Rica and Panama 133 68 51.12%
Tropical Southern Andes Mountains of Bolivia and Peru 132 101 76.51

Upper Amazon Basin of Southern Peru 102 22 21.56%

2. Which two areas have the highest numbers of endemic species? Name the two areas with
the highest percentages of endemic species.
- According to the provided table, the Tropical Southern Andes Mountains of Bolivia and
Peru, along with the Southern Sierra Madre of Mexico, are identified as regions with the
highest numbers of endemic species. Additionally, the Pacific/Cascades/Sierra Nevada
Mountains in North America and the Tropical Southern Andes Mountains of Bolivia and
Peru stand out as the two areas exhibiting the highest percentages of endemic species.

3. Which two areas have the lowest numbers of endemic species? Which two areas have the
lowest percentages of endemic species?
- According to the information presented in the table, it is evident that the Southern Coastal Plain
of the United States and the Upper Amazon Basin of Southern Peru are the regions
characterized by the lowest numbers of endemic species. Likewise, the Southern Appalachian
Mountains of the United States and the Upper Amazon Basin of Southern Peru are identified as
the two areas with the lowest percentages of endemic species.

4. Which two areas have the highest percentages of non-endemic species?

- According to the data presented in the table, it is evident that the Southern Appalachian
Mountains of the United States and the Upper Amazon Basin of Southern Peru are the regions
displaying the highest percentages of non-endemic species.

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