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Amphibians of the "Death road" and the vicinity of Coroico

Mauricio Pacheco Suarez
Bolivian Amphibian Initiative
Photos: Mauricio Pacheco Suarez and Gabriel Archondo (GA). Produced by Mauricio Pacheco Suarez [pachecosuarezmk@gmail.com], and Steffen Reichle with the
assistance of Juliana Philipp and Rayane Ribeiro, Field Museum. Acknowledgment: Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De La Riva, Jorn Kohler, Arturo Muñoz, and Bolivian
Amphibian Initiative. Legend: Subnival (1), Yungas Paramo (2), Cloud Forest (3), Montane Rainforest (4), and Juvenile (Juv.).
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The "Death Road" is a rural road that connects a mountain pass,
known as La Cumbre, at 4500 meters elevation, and goes down to the
town of Yolosa, at 1100 meters. It is currently used as a bike path,
and is a notable tourist attraction in the Department of La Paz, which
includes the city of Coroico, at 1700 meters above sea level, as
the most important tourist service center in the area.
The road crosses four different habitats: Subnival (1),
a mountainous landscape with high Andean grasslands, and wetlands
above 3600 meters; Yungas Paramo (2), shrubby grasslands and
very humid Andean elfin forest, above 2900 meters; Cloud forest (3),
mature secondary forest and fragmented primary forest, very humid,
above 2000 meters elevation; Montane rainforest (4), secondary
forest and degraded forest, crop fields and isolated fragments of
humid primary forest, above 1100 meters.

Subnival (1) Yungas Paramo (2) Cloud Forest (3) Montane Rainforest (4)
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Amphibians of the "Death road" and the vicinity of Coroico
Mauricio Pacheco Suarez
Bolivian Amphibian Initiative
Photos: Mauricio Pacheco Suarez and Gabriel Archondo (GA). Produced by Mauricio Pacheco Suarez [pachecosuarezmk@gmail.com], and Steffen Reichle with the
assistance of Juliana Philipp and Rayane Ribeiro, Field Museum. Acknowledgment: Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De La Riva, Jorn Kohler, Arturo Muñoz, and Bolivian
Amphibian Initiative. Legend: Subnival (1), Yungas Paramo (2), Cloud Forest (3), Montane Rainforest (4), and Juvenile (Juv.).
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1 Rhinella leptoscelis (3,4) 2 Rhinella leptoscelis (3,4) 3 Rhinella poeppigii (4) 4 Rhinella poeppigii (4)
BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE

5 Rhinella spinulosa (1) 6 Rhinella spinulosa (1) 7 Rhinella veraguensis (4) 8 Rhinella veraguensis (4)
BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE BUFONIDAE

9 Hyalinobatrachium bergeri (3,4) 10 Hyalinobatrachium bergeri (3,4) 11 Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai (4) 12 Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai (4)
CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE

13 Microkayla sp. (1) 14 Microkayla sp. (1) 15 Microkayla sp. (1) 16 Microkayla wettsteini (2)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE
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Amphibians of the "Death road" and the vicinity of Coroico
Mauricio Pacheco Suarez
Bolivian Amphibian Initiative
Photos: Mauricio Pacheco Suarez and Gabriel Archondo (GA). Produced by Mauricio Pacheco Suarez [pachecosuarezmk@gmail.com], and Steffen Reichle with the
assistance of Juliana Philipp and Rayane Ribeiro, Field Museum. Acknowledgment: Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De La Riva, Jorn Kohler, Arturo Muñoz, and Bolivian
Amphibian Initiative. Legend: Subnival (1), Yungas Paramo (2), Cloud Forest (3), Montane Rainforest (4), and Juvenile (Juv.).
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17 Microkayla wettsteini (2) 18 Microkayla wettsteini (2) 19 Noblella sp. (2,3) 20 Noblella sp. (2,3)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

21 Oreobates cf. cruralis (3,4) 22 Oreobates cf. cruralis (3,4) 23 Oreobates sanderi (4) 24 Oreobates sanderi (4)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

25 Pristimantis danae (4) 26 Pristimantis danae (4) 27 Pristimantis fenestratus (4) 28 Pristimantis fenestratus (4)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

29 Pristimantis pharangobates (3,4) 30 Pristimantis pharangobates (3,4) 31 Pristimantis platydactylus (2,3) 32 Pristimantis platydactylus (2,3)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE
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Amphibians of the "Death road" and the vicinity of Coroico
Mauricio Pacheco Suarez
Bolivian Amphibian Initiative
Photos: Mauricio Pacheco Suarez and Gabriel Archondo (GA). Produced by Mauricio Pacheco Suarez [pachecosuarezmk@gmail.com], and Steffen Reichle with the
assistance of Juliana Philipp and Rayane Ribeiro, Field Museum. Acknowledgment: Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De La Riva, Jorn Kohler, Arturo Muñoz, and Bolivian
Amphibian Initiative. Legend: Subnival (1), Yungas Paramo (2), Cloud Forest (3), Montane Rainforest (4), and Juvenile (Juv.).
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33 Pristimantis platydactylus (2,3) 34 Pristimantis aff. platydactylus (4) 35 Pristimantis aff. platydactylus (4) 36 Pristimantis aff. platydactylus (4)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

37 Pristimantis sp. 1 (4) 38 Pristimantis sp. 1 (4) 39 Pristimantis sp. 2 (4) 40 Pristimantis sp. 2 (4)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

41 Yunganastes mercedesae (4) 42 Gastrotheca marsupiata (1)(Juv.) 43 Gastrotheca marsupiata (1) 44 Gastrotheca sp. (2,3)
CRAUGASTORIDAE HEMIPHRACTIDAE HEMIPHRACTIDAE HEMIPHRACTIDAE

45 Gastrotheca sp. (2,3) 46 Gastrotheca cf. testudinea (3,4) 47 Gastrotheca cf. testudinea (3,4) 48 Boana balzani (3,4)
HEMIPHRACTIDAE HEMIPHRACTIDAE HEMIPHRACTIDAE HYLIDAE
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Amphibians of the "Death road" and the vicinity of Coroico
Mauricio Pacheco Suarez
Bolivian Amphibian Initiative
Photos: Mauricio Pacheco Suarez and Gabriel Archondo (GA). Produced by Mauricio Pacheco Suarez [pachecosuarezmk@gmail.com], and Steffen Reichle with the
assistance of Juliana Philipp and Rayane Ribeiro, Field Museum. Acknowledgment: Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De La Riva, Jorn Kohler, Arturo Muñoz, and Bolivian
Amphibian Initiative. Legend: Subnival (1), Yungas Paramo (2), Cloud Forest (3), Montane Rainforest (4), and Juvenile (Juv.).
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49 Boana balzani (3,4) 50 Boana balzani (3,4)(Juv) 51 Hyloscirtus armatus (4) 52 Hyloscirtus armatus (4)
HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE

53 Hyloscirtus armatus (4)(Juv.) 54 Hyloscirtus sp. (3) 55 Hyloscirtus sp. (3) 56 Scinax cf. ruber (4)
HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE

57 Leptodactylus rhodonotus (4) 58 Leptodactylus rhodonotus (4) 59 Pleurodema marmoratum (1) 60 Pleurodema marmoratum (1)
LEPTODACTYLIDAE LEPTODACTYLIDAE LEPTODACTYLIDAE LEPTODACTYLIDAE

61 Phyllomedusa boliviana (4) 62 Phyllomedusa boliviana (4) 63 Epicrionops sp. (4)(Juv) 64 Epicrionops sp. (4)(Juv)
PHYLLOMEDUSIDAE PHYLLOMEDUSIDAE RHINATREMATIDAE RHINATREMATIDAE
GA GA