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High Andes - Cordillera Vilcanota

Fieldwork with the highest frogs in the world in Southern Peru.
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    An undescribed species of tarantula from the high Andes, the Cordillera Vilcanota contains a surprising diversity of high elevation tarantula species including the highest known species.
    A  Liolaemus lizard basks on a stone in the Andes.  These lizards are well adapted to the high elevations, feeding mostly on vegetation, giving birth to several live young at a time and sheltering beneath boulders at night and other times of cold temperatures.