The Amboro National Park is one of the protected areas with the most biodiversity in the planet due its biological potential where 2.659 species of plants ,and over 1.200 species of animals have been registered.
It’s one of the parks with the biggest topography variation and the largest biodiversity in Bolivia and it is source of important rivers. It was created in 1973, then it was enlarged in 1991
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The number of birds described so far in the Amboro Park is 840 species, that’s more than the 60% of the total species in Bolivia. This is even a big number for many countries around the world, the number of species of mammals and reptiles is also large.
There are 105 species of reptiles and more than 109 species of fish registered.
There are 76 identified species of amphibians and 50 morphotypes that are new to Bolivia.
There are more than 127 species of mammals which 43 are bat species
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The wide variety of the ecological mosaics in the Amboro park determine an exuberant diversity, but we have to emphasize the endemics .
The Chaco semi arid habitat brings many endemics especially in the Cactaceae family. The Saxicola vegetation occupies the rocky slopes, and they are flooded with big endemic bromeliads such as the Cleistocactus samaipatus and the C. aurespinus. The Amazonian humid forest, contribute with notorious endemics suc as the Talauma boliviana.
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So much unexplored richness in the Amboro Park has brought many important scientists from all over the world to explore the unique conditions of the flora and fauna, among the pioneers we have Otto Kuntze, Julio Herzog , Tadeo Haenke y José Steinbach (1875-1930) one of the most outstanding naturalists recognized in many museums in Europe because of his research and his well classified collection of the Bolivian flora and fauna, especially from the Amboro park and Buena Vista surroundings, as well as from the Chapare region, the Bolivian Chaco and from the Bolivian highlands.
The former Botanical Garden director and well known writer, Mr. German Coimbra made a valuable collection in the area. He brought Michael Nee to study the flora and fauna in Santa Cruz and the surroundings areas. Roberto Vasquez from Santa Cruz de la sierra made an identification list of the Orchidaceae family that covers 10% of the entire flora.
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“PIONEER INVESTIGATOR OF THE BOLIVIAN FAUNA AND FLORA”
He arrived to Bolivia from Lindlar Germany in 1904, a 28 years old naturalist, very restless, who came to our land interested in exploring the unknown flora and fauna, and effectively as the Cruceño historian confirms it he was the first one exploring areas such as the Amboro park, the Chapare, and some other Bolivian regions rich in vegetation and wildlife still unknown for the science at the time.
Joseph Steinbach lived in Bolivia for 25 years; he made many trips back to Europe but it was for scientific reasons, he made great discoveries and studies on zoology and botany. In the field of zoology he covered the following fields: Entomology (Incects), Mastology (Mammals), Ornithology (Birds), and Herpetology (Reptiles and amphibians)
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