Perú and Ecuador
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Perú and Ecuador
19 December 2007 – 14 March 2008
José A. Ochoa
Routes:
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
61 scorpion species
Brachistosternus 14 Orobothriurus 1 Pachakutej 1 Tityus 15 Ananteris 1 Centruroides 1 Hadruroides 12 Chactopsis 1 Chactas 1 Teuthraustes 14
Perú: Pacific desert
Brachistosternus turpuq
Arequipa
Hadruroides
Isla Santa
Desert in southern Perú: 250 m Our car in the first part of the trip
Santa, northern Perú
Perú: Andes
Brachistosternus titicaca
Puno
Hadruroides carinatus
Cajamarca
Ayacucho 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
Roberto 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
Perú: Mountain rainforest
Ananteris
Teuthraustes
San Martín
San Martín
Perú: Amazon rainforest
Tityus metuendus
Chactopsis
Loreto
Ucayali
Amazon river near to IquitosThe Gocta waterfall (771 m)
Comunidad El Chino, Tahuayo river
Travelling many hours in this kind of boat
Food delivery
Teuthraustes
Carchi
Loja Tityus
Ecuador: Andes
Dry forest in Ecuador
Centruroides
Hadruroides
San Felipe de Oña
Catamayo
Marco Lara, Judith Borja and Arturo Jimenez in Loja Ecuador
Ecuador is a beautiful country
San Francisco: Quito
Riobamba
Laguna Cuicocha (3400 m, northern Ecuador)
Ecuador: Amazon Rainforest
Tityus
Tiputini
Estación Biodiversidad Tiputini. Provincia Orellana, Ecuador
Some little difficulties with
the rain
Acknowledgments 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