{"id":654,"date":"2019-02-01T17:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savedarwinsfrogs.org\/blog\/?p=654"},"modified":"2024-06-22T20:59:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T20:59:01","slug":"654","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedarwinsfrogs.org\/news\/2019\/02\/01\/654\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we do what we do – Por qu\u00e9 hacemos lo que hacemos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why we do what we do\u2026the temperate rainforests of Chile are some of the rarest forests on Earth \u2013 not much remains of these habitats anywhere in the world. Temperate rainforests receive more than 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rainfall each year, qualifying as rainforests \u2013 but they do not exist at tropical latitudes. A swath of the coastal mountain range in Chile and the Andean foothills in Chile and adjacent Argentina were once covered with these forests. Today, only forest fragments exist. These forests have been isolated for a very long time. The Atacama Desert to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Andes Mountains to the east have served as barriers such that most of the fauna and flora in this region is endemic (found no place else on Earth). So it\u2019s time to meet the inhabitants of this special place. The Chile Mountain False Toad (Telmatobufo venustus) is a critically endangered species with only one healthy population remaining; however, the streams that run through the remaining site are filled with non-native trout that eat the tadpoles of the species. The future is grim for this amphibian. Why are they so cool? They are ancient! The “False Toads” aren’t closely related to any other frogs in Chile – or, for that matter, any other frogs on the South American continent. The closest relatives that these frogs have are Australian frogs. That’s right, these frogs arose as a group while Gondwana was still a “supercontinent.” As Gondwana broke up, the frogs broke into two groups: one in contemporary Chile, the rest in what is now Australia. More evidence for plate tectonics.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Por qu\u00e9 hacemos lo que hacemos … las selvas templadas de Chile son algunos de los bosques m\u00e1s raros de la Tierra, no quedan muchos restos de estos h\u00e1bitats en ning\u00fan lugar del mundo. Las selvas tropicales templadas reciben m\u00e1s de 100 pulgadas (254 cent\u00edmetros) de lluvia cada a\u00f1o, calific\u00e1ndose como selvas tropicales, pero no existen en las latitudes tropicales. Una franja de la cordillera costera en Chile y las estribaciones andinas en Chile y Argentina adyacente alguna vez se cubrieron con estos bosques. Hoy en d\u00eda, solo existen fragmentos de bosque. Estos bosques han estado aislados durante mucho tiempo. El Desierto de Atacama al norte, el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico al oeste y la Cordillera de los Andes al este han servido como barreras para que la mayor parte de la fauna y la flora en esta regi\u00f3n sean end\u00e9micas (no se encuentra en ning\u00fan otro lugar en la Tierra). As\u00ed que es hora de conocer a los habitantes de este lugar especial. El sapo falso de la monta\u00f1a de Chile (Telmatobufo venustus) es una especie en peligro cr\u00edtico con una sola poblaci\u00f3n sana; sin embargo, los arroyos que corren a trav\u00e9s del sitio restante est\u00e1n llenos de truchas no nativas que comen los renacuajos de la especie. El futuro es sombr\u00edo para este anfibio. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 son tan geniales? \u00a1Son antiguos! Los “sapos falsos” no est\u00e1n estrechamente relacionados con ninguna otra rana en Chile o, por lo dem\u00e1s, ninguna otra rana en el continente sudamericano. Los parientes m\u00e1s cercanos que tienen estas ranas son las ranas australianas. As\u00ed es, estas ranas surgieron como grupo mientras Gondwana todav\u00eda era un “supercontinente”. Cuando Gondwana se separ\u00f3, las ranas se dividieron en dos grupos: uno en el Chile contempor\u00e1neo y el resto en lo que hoy es Australia. M\u00e1s evidencia de la tect\u00f3nica de placas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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