List of ecoregions in Ecuador explained

This is a list of ecoregions in Ecuador.

Terrestrial

Ecuador is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.^[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Chocó–Darién moist forests
• Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
• Napo moist forests
• Northwestern Andean montane forests
• Western Ecuador moist forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Ecuadorian dry forests
• Tumbes–Piura dry forests

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Guayaquil flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Cordillera Central páramo
• Northern Andean páramo

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Galápagos Islands xeric scrub

Mangroves

• Esmeraldas–Pacific Colombia mangroves
• Gulf of Guayaquil–Tumbes mangroves
• Manabí mangroves

Marine

Tropical Eastern Pacific

• Galapagos
• Guayaquil^[2]
• Panama Bight

Notes and References

1. Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC.
2. Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.