long yam vs Frutero Escamado

Dioscorea transversa compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	long yam	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Cotingidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Ampelioides
Species	Dioscorea transversa	Ampelioides tschudii

Conservation Status

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	long yam	Frutero Escamado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Frutero Escamado

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.