Man煤 National Park in southeastern Peru has been crowned the planet’s聽. Dethroning Ecuador鈥檚 Yasuni National Park, Man煤 contains at least 132 species of reptiles and 155 species of amphibians.
covers roughly .01 percent of Earth鈥檚 land surface but holds more than 2 percent of its amphibians and 1.5 percent of its reptiles. The journal 聽published the park鈥檚 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.