Amazon Rainforest Animals And Plants

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Amazon rainforest animals and plants. The Amazon rainforest and Andes mountains are home to an incredibly vast array of wildlife. There are over 400 mammal species over 400 amphibian species and over 370 reptile species living in the region. HttpbitlyBBCEarthWWBBC EarthThe BBC Earth YouTube channel is home t.

Around 30 of the worlds species and 10 of the worlds biodiversity can be found there. Harpy eagle toucan and hoatzin 378 reptiles eg. Contains over 40000 different kinds of plants.

There are 6 species of these small crocodiles and they feed on fish small mammals and insects. The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical forest on Earth with the highest density of plant and animal species anywhere. Has many dangerous animals like poison dart frogs venomous snakes and meat-eating fish.

The forests they form are home to the huge variety of animals found in the Amazon. Whether its high up in the rainforest canopy or all the way down where the worms move under ground the Amazon abounds with life. These reptiles are found in the Amazon basin rainforests in lakes and rivers.

Produces 20 of the worlds oxygen. Amazon Rainforest Destruction and Deforestation. Ad This is the newest place to search delivering top results from across the web.

Bromeliad - very popular one is pineapple. I have compiled an A to Z list of some of the most popular and well-known wildlife I may encounter on the journey. A study in 1999 found one square kilometer 247 acres of Amazon rainforest.