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WETLANDS IN SOUTHERN BOLÍVAR: KEY REFUGES FOR THREATENED SPECIES

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WETLANDS IN  SOUTHERN BOLÍVAR: KEY REFUGES FOR THREATENED SPECIES
(September 15, 2015)   -   Exploring the swamps of the municipality of Montecristo (southern Bolívar, northern limit of the Serranía de San Lucas), a group of researchers found, through direct observations and testimonies of locals, the presence of several species of wildlife that currently face some level of threat. This was the case for, among others, the River turtle (Podocnemis lewyana), the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), the jaguar (Panthera onca), the endemic freshwater fish (Prochilodus magd...

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