Andres Merino-Viteri

I am an Ecuadorian herpetologist studying the physiological thresholds of Microhylid frogs in the Wet Tropics. As part of the Museo de Zoología at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, my aim was to determine the causes of the unexpected disappearance of several species of frogs along the Ecuadorian Andes during the 80s and 90s. One of the possible causes identified was climate change and some of these species are now possibly extinct. My current PhD project will model the impacts of climate change on the range of Microhylid frogs and then recommend actions to avoid their extinction. Besides my work, I like photography, to see independent films and read a good book.

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