English-ECUADOR A MEGADIVERSE COUNTRY AND MULTICULTURAL
ECUADOR A MEGADIVERSE COUNTRY AND MULTICULTURAL Its diverse landscapes include the Amazon jungle, the Andean highlands and the Galapagos Islands with abundant fauna. A study carried out by Conservation International describes Ecuador as one of the 17 megadiverse countries; With 9.2 species per square km, it ranks first in biodiversity - it does not describe the causes that originate this prodigy. Ecuador is home to approximately 1,600 species of birds that inhabit the mainland, in addition to another 38 species that are endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Ecuador is home to a total of 350 species of reptiles and 400 species of amphibians. Only in snakes there are 210 species, whose sizes vary from the extremely small, 16 cm, to the gigantic anaconda that can measure up to 6 meters long. It is estimated that in the waters of the Amazon basin there are more than 800 species of fish, among which we can find electric eels and piranhas. It has more than 17,058 species...