The Tungurahua volcano is located in the Central region of the Ecuadorian Andes. With an altitude of 5,023 m a.s.l., it is one of the most active volcanoes of the world. For centuries this mountain has been modelating the variety of local ecosystems due to continuous eruptions and it has regulated the dynamics of one of the richest Andean fauna and flora. Baños – the closest town to the volcano – is a small village in the doors of the Central Ecuadorian Amazonia. In the past decades most researchers have neglected this area in search of more diverse habitats in lowland ecosystems. For that reason, there are just historic or anecdotic registers of the fauna, but no long-term studies that depict the faunal composition of the region.
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