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Peru Park Crowned Biodiversity Champ

Nearly 300 reptile and amphibian species

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Manú National Park in southeastern Peru has been crowned the planet’s?. Dethroning Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, Manú contains at least 132 species of reptiles and 155 species of amphibians.

covers roughly .01 percent of Earth’s land surface but holds more than 2 percent of its amphibians and 1.5 percent of its reptiles. The journal ?published the park’s species count, which includes nine species that are new to science.

Although the 5,800-square-mile park is a star of , many of the species are threatened with extinction. The two leading concerns are deforestation for oil and farms, and a unique and deadly fungus that can kill many frogs and amphibians.

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