Claim: Much research had been conducted in the area of Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Regional Conservation Area, a protected area located south east of Iquitos, where between 1980 and 1990 the importance of conserving the area neglected despite its unique and vast biodiversity; also during the 1980s, the Peruvian government noted the unusual number of reptiles produced by this region.
Evidence: Between 1980 and 1990 the importance of conserving the area was highlighted due its unique and vast biodiversity, especially the high diversity of primates as the threatened red bald uakari (Cacajao calvus ucayalii), endemic to Peru, as well as other species recently recorded as the Ranitomeya uakarii.