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Staff photo index
Last update: 2017-07-27
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Scorpion [belize_8601]
(Belize)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6989]
(Belize)
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Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) [belize_7113]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8721]
(Belize)
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Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) nesting
(Belize)
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Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) in flight [belize_0256a]
(Belize)
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Tangle of vines
(Belize)
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American crocodile [belize_7077]
(Belize)
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Scarlet macaws [belize_7168]
(Belize)
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Red-footed Booby, Sula sula [belize_0393]
(Belize)
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Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi] [belize_7419]
(Belize)
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Belizean sunset
(Belize)
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Spider monkey in a tree
(Belize)
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Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef as seen from Lighthouse Caye [belize_0427]
(Belize)
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Forest cleared for pasture [belize_7650]
(Belize)
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Coati in a tree
(Belize)
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Southern river otter (Lontra provocax) in captivity at the Belize Zoo [belize_6648]
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7619]
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7615]
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) at eye level [belize_7496]
(Belize)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7593]
(Belize)
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Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7275]
(Belize)
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Brown basilisk
(Belize)
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Garden eels
(Belize)
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Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi] [belize_7425]
(Belize)
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Aerial view of burning in coastal Mexico
(Belize)
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Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island [belize_0226]
(Belize)
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Belizean deforestation
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8689]
(Belize)
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Half Moon Caye [belize_0367]
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool [belize_8409]
(Belize)
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Jaguar from behind
(Belize)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6979]
(Belize)
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Entrance to ATM cave [belize_8381]
(Belize)
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Entrance to St. Herman's Cave [belize_8495]
(Belize)
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Moray eel
(Belize)
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Red-footed Boobies [belize_0410]
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0308]
(Belize)
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Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) nests
(Belize)
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7152]
(Belize)
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Fer-de-lance [belize_8288]
(Belize)
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Aerial view of mangrove development in Belize
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7478]
(Belize)
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Coati in a tree [belize_7097]
(Belize)
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Seed-containing cotton of the Balsa tree
(Belize)
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Rainforest land cleared for an orange orchard
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize [belize_0456]
(Belize)
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Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7054]
(Belize)
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Forest cleared for pasture [belize_7647]
(Belize)
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Belizean slash-and-burn [belize_7678]
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) licking its lips [belize_7483a]
(Belize)
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Azteca ants defending the Cecropia tree as part of a symbiotic relationship
(Belize)
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Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0296]
(Belize)
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Island on the Turneffe Atoll
(Belize)
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Philodendron leaves [belize_7394]
(Belize)
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Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7595]
(Belize)
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Mother Agouti nursing her babies
(Belize)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8665]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7620]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7639]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8743]
(Belize)
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Bird [belize_8247]
(Belize)
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Coati sleeping in a tree
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_7142]
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn farming
(Belize)
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Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) [belize_7112a]
(Belize)
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Caged Kinkajou
(Belize)
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Black and orange Net-winged Beetle (family Lycidae) in flight
(Belize)
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Corals [belize_uw0178]
(Belize)
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Fer-de-lance snake
(Belize)
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The Crystal Maiden, a female human skeleton in ATM cave
(Belize)
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Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi [belize_7228a]
(Belize)
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Chachalacas
(Belize)
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Island off Blackbird Caye
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0310]
(Belize)
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Broken Mayan pottery in ATM cave
(Belize)
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Hawk at the Belize Zoo [belize_0111]
(Belize)
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Sea grass and mangroves [belize_0253]
(Belize)
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Spider monkey (local name in Belize: Venado)
(Belize)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8282a]
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0172]
(Belize)
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Kinkajou tongue
(Belize)
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Unknown flower
(Belize)
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Yellow sea sponge [belize_uw0091]
(Belize)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8662]
(Belize)
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Pool on the Roaring River [belize_8322]
(Belize)
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Leaves of the rainforest understory
(Belize)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7641]
(Belize)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8660]
(Belize)
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Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7314]
(Belize)
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Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6932]
(Belize)
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Fer-de-lance [belize_8289]
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool [belize_8407]
(Belize)
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The Crystal Maiden skeleton in ATM cave
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8261]
(Belize)
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Red lored parrot (Amazona autumna autumnalis) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8523]
(Belize)
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Black Stilt-legged Fly (family Micropezidae) with an orange-red head [belize_8057z]
(Belize)
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Mother Agouti nursing her babies [belize_0069]
(Belize)
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Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island [belize_0224]
(Belize)
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Mother agouti nursing her babies [belize_7256]
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) licking its lips
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7605]
(Belize)
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Clear the Land' campaign slogan in Belize
(Belize)
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Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi] [belize_7414]
(Belize)
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Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0297]
(Belize)
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Sea grass, mangroves, and ocean of Turneffe Atoll [belize_0247]
(Belize)
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Forest land cleared three years previously for pasture
(Belize)
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Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi] [belize_7420]
(Belize)
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) [belize_6888]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8722a]
(Belize)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7440]
(Belize)
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Flowers of a bromeliad [belize_6898]
(Belize)
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Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize [belize_0459]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8659]
(Belize)
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Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7154]
(Belize)
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Hummingbird nest
(Belize)
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Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0085]
(Belize)
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Scorpion-spider, sometimes known as a wind spider or camel spider
(Belize)
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Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0152]
(Belize)
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Corals [belize_uw0181]
(Belize)
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Pool at the Inland Blue Hole
(Belize)
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Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye [belize_0426]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_7329]
(Belize)
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Captive ocelot
(Belize)
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Pine forest in Belize
(Belize)
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Green leaf katydid [belize_8551]
(Belize)
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Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel [belize_6617]
(Belize)
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Green iguana in the canopy [belize_8313]
(Belize)
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White butterfly feeding on tubular red flowers [belize_8469]
(Belize)
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Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) in flight [belize_0256]
(Belize)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6982]
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0154]
(Belize)
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Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes texensis)
(Belize)
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Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0086]
(Belize)
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Sea sponge
(Belize)
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Spider monkey [belize_7210]
(Belize)
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King vulture at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Orange fruit in the forest canopy
(Belize)
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Lizard [belize_8482]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8528]
(Belize)
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Orange tree plantation on former rainforest land
(Belize)
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Hanging nests of the Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_7331]
(Belize)
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Slaty-tailed Trogon, not the Collared Trogon
(Belize)
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Yellowhead Parrot (Amazona oratrix) [belize_7458]
(Belize)
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Flowers of a bromeliad [belize_6896]
(Belize)
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Pattern of jaguar fur
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool [belize_8411z]
(Belize)
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Male tapir at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8532]
(Belize)
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Corals [belize_uw0183]
(Belize)
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Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) taking flight
(Belize)
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Coatis in a tree
(Belize)
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Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0174]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8260]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7622]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8748]
(Belize)
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White tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8527]
(Belize)
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Skink [belize_7664]
(Belize)
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Transparent cleaner shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0173]
(Belize)
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Male spider monkey standing [belize_7214]
(Belize)
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Bromeliad flower
(Belize)
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Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel [belize_6917]
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0163]
(Belize)
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Scorpion with orange pinchers
(Belize)
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Deforestation in Belize [belize_0442]
(Belize)
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Entrance to St. Herman's Cave [belize_8493]
(Belize)
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Clearwater creek flowing from Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
(Belize)
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Pattern of jaguar coat
(Belize)
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American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [Local name = Aligata or Cocodrilo] [belize_6650]
(Belize)
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Hawk at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0315]
(Belize)
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Great Blue Hole [belize_0335]
(Belize)
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American crocodile [belize_7378]
(Belize)
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Young Red-footed Booby [belize_0404]
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) at eye level
(Belize)
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Flamingo lips
(Belize)
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Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) with an inflated gula pouch [belize_0382]
(Belize)
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Forest beetle [belize_8587]
(Belize)
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Red-footed Boobies in the Orange-flowered Ziricote trees
(Belize)
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Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7276]
(Belize)
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Spiny-tailed Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(Belize)
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Jaguar coat
(Belize)
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Reddish-pink flowers
(Belize)
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Beach at Half Moon Caye
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0309]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8763]
(Belize)
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Red and yellow flower [belize_6910]
(Belize)
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Black hawk [belize_6659]
(Belize)
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Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0299]
(Belize)
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Creek flowing from Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7470]
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool [belize_8410]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8519]
(Belize)
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Sea grass and mangroves [belize_0248]
(Belize)
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Entrance to ATM cave [belize_8380]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7636]
(Belize)
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Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6636]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8229]
(Belize)
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Spider monkey standing
(Belize)
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Woody liana wrapped around a canopy tree
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8233]
(Belize)
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Forest skink [belize_8222]
(Belize)
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Cave formations in ATM cave [belize_8419]
(Belize)
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Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) [belize_8553]
(Belize)
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Roaring creek in Belize [belize_8471]
(Belize)
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Southern river otter (Lontra provocax) in captivity at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Coatis sleeping in a tree
(Belize)
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Great Blue Hole [belize_0329]
(Belize)
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Juvenile brown basilisk
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8737]
(Belize)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [belize_7162]
(Belize)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6984]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8524]
(Belize)
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Tarpon
(Belize)
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Black and orange Net-winged Beetle, family Lycidae
(Belize)
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Unknown gecko
(Belize)
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Unknown epiphyte
(Belize)
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Half Moon Caye [belize_0361]
(Belize)
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Brown cricket with a black-and-green band
(Belize)
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Lobster [belize_uw0185]
(Belize)
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Fish and sea sponges
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7626]
(Belize)
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) [belize_6885]
(Belize)
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Aerial view of deforestation in Belize [belize_uw0017]
(Belize)
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Sunrise and a palm tree at Blackbird Caye beach [belize_0291]
(Belize)
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Fish [belize_uw0163]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8456]
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave [belize_8398z]
(Belize)
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Sea grass
(Belize)
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American crocodile [belize_7076]
(Belize)
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Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef as seen from Lighthouse Caye
(Belize)
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Scorpion
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0173]
(Belize)
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Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) [belize_0389]
(Belize)
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Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) with a baby chicken in its mouth
(Belize)
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Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6930]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7621]
(Belize)
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Gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus
(Belize)
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Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)
(Belize)
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Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7319]
(Belize)
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Spider monkey using its prehensile tail to hang
(Belize)
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Deforestation in Belize [belize_0441]
(Belize)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8529]
(Belize)
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Male Black Howler Monkey feeding
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8745]
(Belize)
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Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) [belize_6868]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8759]
(Belize)
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Brown basilisk [belize_8272]
(Belize)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8273]
(Belize)
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Great Blue Hole [belize_0337]
(Belize)
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7150]
(Belize)
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Margay sleeping atop a tree branch [belize_7364]
(Belize)
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Young Howler Monkey hanging in a tree [belize_8627]
(Belize)
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The head of a white snake in a hole
(Belize)
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Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) [belize_0400]
(Belize)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6992]
(Belize)
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Boa constrictor head shot
(Belize)
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Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7280]
(Belize)
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Sunset on Blackbird Caye [belize_0283]
(Belize)
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Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7628]
(Belize)
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Female Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
(Belize)
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Entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) cave
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0314]
(Belize)
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Fish frenzy
(Belize)
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Magenta flowers
(Belize)
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Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree [belize_8223]
(Belize)
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7153]
(Belize)
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Bungalow at the Belize Zoo's Tropical Education Center
(Belize)
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Scarlet macaws
(Belize)
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Aerial view of Palm / floodplain forest
(Belize)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) at eye level [belize_7498]
(Belize)
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Belizean slash-and-burn [belize_7681]
(Belize)
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Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [belize_0183]
(Belize)
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Mangroves of Turneffe Atoll [belize_7526]
(Belize)
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Cashew fruit
(Belize)
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Male tapir at the Belize Zoo [belize_7249]
(Belize)
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Ancient Mayan vessel with a monkey mark
(Belize)
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Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park [belize_0319]
(Belize)
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Bungalow at the Belize Zoo's Tropical Education Center [belize_7171]
(Belize)
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Harpy eagle [belize_7143]
(Belize)
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Swamp in Belize
(Belize)
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Dark green beetle with red spots [belize_8295]
(Belize)
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Great Blue Hole [belize_0334]
(Belize)
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Green moray eel [belize_uw0172]
(Belize)
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Forest dove
(Belize)
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Forest skink
(Belize)
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Great egret (Casmendius albus)
(Belize)
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Magnificent Frigatebird inflating his red gula pouch to attract female boobies [belize_0395]
(Belize)
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Cougar's eye
(Belize)
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Thinned woodlands in Belize
(Belize)
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Great Blue Hole [belize_0328]
(Belize)
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Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave [belize_8399]
(Belize)
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Unknown forest anole [belize_8157]
(Belize)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8760]
(Belize)
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