page_title: Serra Ricardo Franco State Park
section_title: Environment
hierarchical_section_title: Serra Ricardo Franco State Park / Environment
caption_attribution_description: Português: Parte alta da cachoeira do jatobá.
context_page_description: The Serra Ricardo Franco State Park is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
  It protects the edge of a plateau on the border with Bolivia in the region of transition from cerrado to Amazon rainforest.
  The park has been poorly protected and is badly degraded in areas by deforestation and conversion to pasturage.
  It is threatened by illegal squatters, hunting and burning.
context_section_description: The park is in the Guaporé Depression.
  It is in the ecotone region between the Brazilian cerrado and the Amazon rainforest, with unique landscapes.
  Although some areas have been degraded by human activities, there are still extensive areas of seasonal semi-deciduous forest, with many Amazonian species.
  There are large areas of rocky fields at the margin of the park that have not been studied in any detail.
  The park is home to flora and fauna typical of both biomes, including endemic and endangered animals such as the  giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) and giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis).
  The otters are found in small groups or isolated pairs along the Guaporé River.
  Other mammals include monkeys, jaguars and tapirs.
  There are at least 174 species of fish.
  There are also large numbers of amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds.
caption: Jatobá waterfall
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