People also practice soil cultivation while crops are growing. It is important to make sure that soil is aerated throughout the growing season, and additives such as mulch can be used to protect the soil while crops are growing, in addition to providing protection to the roots of crops.
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Mainland Ecuador. Mainland Ecuador is home to the el oro parakeet, the horned anole, the napo plump toad, the northwestern mushroomtongue salamander, the Ecuadorian toad-headed pit-viper and the black-breasted puffleg, among other endemic species. Many types of amphibians, freshwater fish, and insects are also unique to the country. The tube-lipped nectar bat, Anoura fistulata, has the longest tongue of any known mammal proportionate to its body size. Mainland Ecuador also has more than 4,000 endemic species of flora, including fuchsias and the apparating moon-gentian.