The Cerrado is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo
Biomes in Brazil
…covered by the Amazon's forest areas and this number is around 60% and within that there is about 55,000 different species of plants populating it. The Cerrado presents diverse regions, ranging from clean fields devoid of woody vegetation to cerradão, a dense tree formation. Its climate is particularly striking…
Green vegetation during the summer, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil
Fields of flowers in bloom during spring, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil
The frog species Physalaemus nattereri (posterior view shown) is found in the open cerrado, but not in adjacent gallery forests