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The Tumbes Reserve was established on September 28, 1994, through
Law (R.M.) N 0594-94-AG. It is located in the department of
Tumbes, provinces of Tumbes and Zarumilla. It has a surface
of 75 102 hectares.
With
regard to the flora we can find the ceibo (Ceiba istandra),
a few types of carob trees (Prosopis spp.), the angolo (Pithecell
abium multiflorum) and the pretino (Cavanillesia platanifolia).
The following flowers are found in the Tumbes Reserve: the
guayacan (Tabeb bia sp.), the carob tree (Prosopis pallida)
and the palo santo (Bursera graveolens) these are types
which are in danger of extinction.
There
are a few animals living in the Tumbes Reserve such as:
the sancorranco (Botriechis schulegeli) and the cañan
(Mich lophus occipitaliis), la rana (frog) de cabeza osificada
(Trachycephalus jordani), the perico -parrot- pachaloro
(Forpus xanthops), the perico - parrot - nacarreño
(Brotogenis pyrrhopterus), the hormiguero (Grallariculd
peruviana), the gavilan norteño (Leucopternis occidentalis)
and the hornero (Furnanus leucopus), the gray deer (Odocoilcus
virginianuis) and the squirrel (Sciuruos stramineus).
The
Tumbes Reserve presents two ecological areas: the dry forest
and the humid forest. The goal in this Reserved Area is
to protect and preserve our representative tropical forest
of the Pacific, particularly the flora and fauna which is
in danger of extinction.
Please click on the following links
to Reserved Areas in Peru:
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