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Several hundred frog species in adaptive radiations ( e. g., Eleutherodactylus, the Pacific Platymantines, the Australo-Papuan microhylids, and many other tropical frogs ), however, do not need any water for breeding in the wild.
Many other genera, both perennials and bulbs, are grown in gardens in tropical and temperate regions ( e. g. Watsonia, Crocus, Dietes, Tritonia, Hesperantha and Neomarica ).
Although amaranth was cultivated on a large scale in ancient Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, nowadays it is only cultivated on a small scale there, along with India, China, Nepal, and other tropical countries ; thus, there is potential for further cultivation in those countries, as well as in the U. S. In a 1977 article in Science, amaranth was described as " the crop of the future.
Of reptiles the lizard and chameleon are common, and there are a number of venomous snakes, though these are not so numerous as in other tropical countries.
The intense vomiting and occasional diarrhea it induces can clear the body of worms and other tropical parasites, and harmala alkaloids themselves have been shown to be anthelmintic Thus, this action is twofold ; a direct action on the parasites by these harmala alkaloids ( particularly harmine in ayahuasca ) works to kill the parasites, and parasites are expelled through the increased intestinal motility that is caused by these alkaloids.
Situations often take the characters to other destinations, including New York City, Washington, D. C., Hollywood, tropical islands, the Moon, Mars, and some purely fanciful worlds of Capp's invention.
The Bailey system, based on climate, is divided into seven domains ( polar, humid temperate, dry, humid, and humid tropical ), with further divisions based on other climate characteristics ( subarctic, warm temperate, hot temperate, and subtropical ; marine and continental ; lowland and mountain ).
This area of tropical forest has been categorised by the World Wildlife Fund as the Cameroonian Highlands forests ecoregion with Mount Cameroon considered separately because as an active volcano it has a distinct environment from the other mountains.
In tropical regions, other cacti grow as forest climbers and epiphytes ( plants that grow on trees ).
Pereskia species superficially resemble other tropical forest trees.
The real change in the past two years has been a new interest and emphasis on the use of IRS in general — with DDT or any other insecticide — as an effective malaria prevention strategy in tropical Africa.
When they arrived they found that only 54 of the 193 deportées sent out three years earlier were left ; 11 had escaped, and the rest had died of tropical fevers and other diseases.
One of them, the Irish monk Dungal, asserted that the tropical gap between our habitable region and the other habitable region to the south was smaller than Macrobius had believed.
CO < sub > 2 </ sub > is produced by fossil fuel burning and other activities such as cement production and tropical deforestation.
In India and other tropical regions, malaria was a persistent problem.
As phytoplankton and forests are the main ways in which Gaia draws down greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, taking it out of the atmosphere, the elimination of this environmental buffering will see, according to Lovelock, most of the earth becoming uninhabitable for humans and other life-forms by the middle of this century, with a massive extension of tropical deserts.
Their buildings were probably built of wood, palm fronds and other perishable materials, which would have quickly decayed in the salt and wind of the tropical climate.
Coral reefs also support a huge community of life, including the corals themselves, their symbiotic zooxanthellae, tropical fish and many other organisms.
Nigeria, like the rest of West Africa and other tropical lands, has only two seasons.
From 135, 000 to 90, 000 years ago tropical Africa had megadroughts which drove the humans from the land towards the sea shores and forced them to cross over to other continents. The researchers used radiocarbon dating techniques on pollen grains trapped in lake bottom mud to establish vegetation over the ages of the Malawi lake in Africa.
One must not forget that although it may not be as warm as typical tropical latitudes, the sun will hit and strike as if you were in any other tropical place.
Sierra Leone's dense tropical rainforest partly isolated it from other precolonial African cultures and from the spread of Islam.
However, the self-maintaining technology that allowed the pocket of tropical climate was left running, and many species which became extinct in other areas of the Earth continued to thrive within.

tropical and climates
The Lake Chad Basin embraces a great range of tropical climates from north to south, although most of these climates tend to be dry.
Simply placing European beef cattle ( Bos Taurus ), highly productive in temperate climates, in Central Brazil, would not produce good results, due to their inability to adapt to a tropical environment.
Seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres and are mostly confined to polar, subpolar, and temperate climates, with the exception of the more tropical monk seals.
Despite its location in the tropics and the many micro climates found within the country, Guatemala City ’ s elevation and the resulting moderating influence of the higher altitude enable it to enjoy a subtropical highland climate ( Köppen Cwb ), though depending on location, it also borders on a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ).
* Dubonnet, another drink invented to encourage European colonial soldiers in tropical climates to take quinine
Adding to the absurdity of it all is the fact that most parrots live in tropical climates, and none are native to Norway.
The annual rainfall received in this region is very high, usually above the rainfall totals giving for tropical rainforest climates worldwide.
But afternoons in the rainy season can be hot and humid, a feature of tropical climates.
Garden parsley is a bright green, hairless, biennial, herbaceous plant in temperate climates, or an annual herb in subtropical and tropical areas.
The field is also sub-divided largely into the climates of various regions and the study of specific phenomena or time periods e. g. tropical cyclone rainfall climatology and paleoclimatology.
With the Paraneña region reaching southward and the Chaco extending to the north, Paraguay straddles the Tropic of Capricorn and experiences both subtropical and tropical climates.
The combination of tropical latitude, mountain ranges, topography variations and two ocean currents ( Humboldt and El Niño ) gives Peru a large diversity of climates.
Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates ( see also Bergmann's Rule ).
São Tomé and Príncipe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally ; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years in tropical climates ; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers have been problems in the past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups ; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns ; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff ( 2005 )
Sugarcane is a giant grass and has been cultivated in tropical climates in the Far East since ancient times.
Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant that grows mainly in tropical and subtropical climates.
Drawbacks may be that the high heat of compression of helium results in the compressor overheating ( especially in tropical climates ) and that the hot trimix entering the analyzer on the high pressure side can affect the reliability of the analysis.
Humans evolved in tropical climates, and met cold weather as they migrated into Eurasia, although earlier populations certainly encountered Southern Hemisphere winters in Southern Africa.
Bamboo species are found in diverse climates, from cold mountains to hot tropical regions.
In tropical climates, such as in Imperial Burma, desert fawn was historically used as the less formal color.
The species are terrestrial ( sometimes epiphytic ) herbs or undershrubs and occur in subtropical and tropical moist climates, in South and Central America, Africa and southern Asia.
Most begonias can be grown outdoors year-round in subtropical or tropical climates, but in temperate climates begonias are grown outdoors as annuals, or as house or greenhouse plants.

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