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Many of the hotspot's endemic amphibians are limited to habitats of only a few square kilometers, making them particularly vulnerable.
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In total, about 30 percent of the hotspot's original vegetation remains in pristine condition, much of it in the winter-rainfall deserts subunit.
Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009
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It is estimated that only about 10 percent of the hotspot's original vegetation remains in pristine condition.
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Among the hotspot's best-known flowering plants are the African violets (Saintpaulia spp.), with up to 20 endemic species in the Eastern Arc Mountains.
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Urbanization around the hotspot's three major urban centers, Maputo in southern Mozambique and Durban and Port Elizabeth in South Africa, may also pose a threat, particularly through the development of unplanned sprawling slums that stretch out into the countryside around cities.
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More than 200 of the hotspot's fish species belong to two families: the cichlids (with 12 endemic genera) and the live-bearing Poeciliidae.
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Although several of the hotspot's national parks, including the 24,000-hectare Greater Addo Park and the 6,536-hectare Mountain Zebra National Park, are managed by South African National Parks, a statutory body within the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, most protected areas in KwaZulu-Natal fall under the jurisdiction of Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife.
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Additionally, the highlands and mountain chains that run along the hotspot's main north-south axis have facilitated isolation and speciation throughout Mesoamerica.
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The hotspot's vegetation is comprised mainly of forests, thickets, bushveld and grasslands.
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With one of the highest human densities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany hotspot is under threat from a number of activities, principally cultivation, plantation forestry and urbanization, and only about one-quarter of the hotspot's original vegetation remains in pristine condition.
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