page_title: Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
section_title: Fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests / Ecology / Fauna
caption_attribution_description: English: White-breasted Parakeets, Podocarpus NP, Ecuador
context_page_description: The Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests is an ecoregion in the eastern range of the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.
  The ecoregion covers the eastern slopes of the Andes, and includes montane forest that rises from the Amazonian rain forest, with cloud forest and elfin forest at higher elevations.
  It is rich in species, including many endemics.
  It is threatened by logging and conversion for pasturage and subsistence agriculture.
context_section_description: Mammal species include Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus), white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons), yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), kinkajou (Potos flavus) and perhaps mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque).
  A 1982 study of bats showed that 37% of the species found on the western slopes were endemic.
  Endangered mammals include equatorial dog-faced bat (Molossops aequatorianus), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) and white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth).
  Bird species include masked mountain tanager (Buthraupis wetmorei), chestnut-bellied cotinga (Doliornis remseni), cinnamon screech owl (Megascops petersoni), neblina metaltail (Metallura odomae) and Andean condor (Vultur gryphus).
  Endangered and endemic birds include white-breasted parakeet (Pyrrhura albipectus), coppery-chested jacamar (Galbula pastazae), and bicolored antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis).
  Other endangered birds include royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) and black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori).
  Endangered reptiles include Catamayo Coral Snake (Micrurus catamayensis), Lojan lancehead (Bothrops lojanus), Parker's Pholiodobolus (Macropholidus annectens), Parker's Ground Snake (Atractus carrioni), Riama balneator and Riama petrorum.
  Endangered amphibians include:
  Kingsbury's rocket frog (Allobates kingsburyi)
  Azuay stubfoot toad (Atelopus bomolochos)
  Boulenger's stubfoot toad (Atelopus boulengeri)
  Morona-Santiago stubfoot toad (Atelopus halihelos)
  Gualecenita stubfoot toad (Atelopus nepiozomus)
  Schmidt's stubfoot toad (Atelopus pachydermus)
  Flat-spined Atelopus (Atelopus planispina)
  Amazon giant glass frog (Centrolene pipilatum)
  Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
  Napo giant glass frog (Espadarana audax)
  Marañón poison frog (Excidobates mysteriosus)
  North shore marsupial frog (Gastrotheca espeletia)
  Papallacta marsupial frog (Gastrotheca orophylax)
  Ridge marsupial frog (Gastrotheca psychrophila)
  Andean marsupial tree frog (Gastrotheca riobambae)
  Rio Chingual Valley tree frog (Hyloscirtus pantostictus)
  Papallacta tree frog (Hyloscirtus psarolaimus)
  Jondachi tree frog (Hyloscirtus staufferorum)
  South American rocket frog (Hyloxalus anthracinus)
  Palanda rocket frog (Hyloxalus cevallosi)
  Loja rocket frog (Hyloxalus elachyhistus)
  Carchi Andes frog (Hypodactylus brunneus)
  Cuyuja robber frog (Hypodactylus elassodiscus)
  Parker's Andes Frog (Lynchius parkeri)
  Napo Cochran frog (Nymphargus anomalus)
  Santa Rosa Cochran frog (Nymphargus megacheirus)
  Puyo giant glass frog (Nymphargus puyoensis)
  Napo plump toad (Osornophryne antisana)
  Guacamayo plump toad (Osornophryne guacamayo)
  Agua Rica leaf frog (Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana
  Papallacta robber frog (Pristimantis acerus)
  Santiago robber frog (Pristimantis atratus)
  Crest robber frog (Pristimantis balionotus)
  Rio Reventador robber frog (Pristimantis cremnobates)
  Cryptic robber frog (Pristimantis cryptomelas)
  De Ville's robber frog (Pristimantis devillei)
  Festa shy robber frog Pristimantis festae
  Papallacta Valley robber frog (Pristimantis gladiator)
  Ecuador robber frog (Pristimantis glandulosus)
  Fire robber frog (Pristimantis ignicolor)
  Rio Azuela robber frog (Pristimantis incanus)
  El cutín del Puyo (Pristimantis katoptroides)
  Pristimantis lividus
  Urdaneta robber frog (Pristimantis orestes)
  Pristimantis pastazensis
  Zamora robber frog (Pristimantis percultus)
  Hidden robber frog (Pristimantis prolatus)
  Sapote Robber Frog (Pristimantis proserpens)
  Pristimantis pycnodermis
  Canchaque Robber Frog (Pristimantis rhodoplichus)
  Trench robber frog (Pristimantis rubicundus)
  Mountain crest robber frog (Pristimantis vidua)
  Loja water frog (Telmatobius cirrhacelis)
  Piura water frog (Telmatobius ignavus)
  Vellard's water frog (Telmatobius vellardi)
caption: The white-breasted parakeet (Pyrrhura albipectus) is vulnerable.
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