Serra Geral National Park
Serra Geral National Park is a national park in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil.Location
Serra Geral National Park is in the Atlantic Forest biome.
It covers.
The park was created by decree 531 of 21 May 1992, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
The park covers parts of the municipalities of Cambará do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul and of Jacinto Machado and Praia Grande in Santa Catarina.
It is made up of two separate sections adjacent to Aparados da Serra National Park.Environment
The Campos Gerais plateau region has a gently undulating topography with heights ranging from above sea level.
The park includes part of the south east of the plateau and the escarpment between this plateau and the coastal plain.
Altitudes range from above sea level.
Average annual rainfall is.
Temperatures range from, with an average of.
Vegetation includes dry meadows, peat fields, cloud forest, mixed rainforest, dense submontane and montane rainforest and lowland rainforest.
There is a wide variety of endemic species of flora.
Endemic fauna include Elachistocleis erythrogaster, Melanophryniscus cambaraensis, Thoropa saxatilis, black-and-white monjita, Xanthopsar flavus, Scytalopus iraiensis, Limnornis rectirostris and Amazona pretrei.Conservation
The park is classified as IUCN protected area category II.
It has the objectives of preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoors recreation and eco-tourism.
Protected species in the park include cougar, oncilla, margay, vinaceous-breasted amazon, red-spectacled amazon, Chaco eagle, the toad Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus and the fish Mimagoniates rheocharis.
