leticia

Amazon water lilies in Colombia
(Colombia)

Poisonous Automeris moth caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines
(Colombia)

False coral snake
(Colombia)

Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper
(Colombia)

Red Bill Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
(Colombia)

White Victoria amazonica flower
(Colombia)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
(Colombia)

Red howler monkey howling
(Colombia)

Oxbow lake filled with Amazon water lilies in Colombia
(Colombia)

Canopy access platform in the flooded swamp forest of the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Boa constrictor in defensive mode
(Colombia)

Brown tree frog (Osteocephalus planiceps) near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)

Amazon River in flood
(Colombia)

Ocelot
(Colombia)

Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Grassy riverbank of an Amazon tributary
(Colombia)

Headshot of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
(Colombia)

Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
(Colombia)

Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
(Colombia)

Oropendula nests silhouetted by sundown over the Amacayacu
(Colombia)

Platform in the flooded swamp forest
(Colombia)

Juvenile caiman
(Colombia)

Common green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii)
(Colombia)

Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers
(Colombia)

Camping in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Leaf in the rainforest understory
(Colombia)

Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja, in Colombia
(Colombia)

New Victoria amazonica leaf
(Colombia)

Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth
(Colombia)

Anaconda with tongue extended
(Colombia)

Giant black and red jungle tarantula, possibly Pamphobeteus petersi or Red rump tarantula (Brachypelma vagans)
(Colombia)

Red and brown butterfly
(Colombia)

Rainforest canopy walkway in Colombia
(Colombia)

Woolly monkey hanging upside down
(Colombia)

Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Chestnut-fronted Macaw
(Colombia)

Brown and green Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)

Flotsam in the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
(Colombia)

Multi-colored grasshoppers
(Colombia)

Red flowers of a bromeliad in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Leaf toad (probably Rhinella cf. margaritifer) among leaf litter.
(Colombia)

Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)
(Colombia)

Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree
(Colombia)

The canopy of the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Emerging Victoria amazonica leaf
(Colombia)

Green iguana swimming across a river
(Colombia)

Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in Colombia
(Colombia)

Rasberry dragonfly
(Colombia)

Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Orange and yellow Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Colombia)

Ranch along the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Flooded forest in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Flooded forest in Colombia
(Colombia)

Boa constrictor in defensive mode [co02-0107]
(Colombia)

Platform in the rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)
(Colombia)

Deforestation for cattle pasture in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia
(Colombia)

Colombian Ocelot
(Colombia)

Jaguar (Panthera onca) [co06-1412]
(Colombia)

Woolly monkeys
(Colombia)

Colombian Green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Pamphobeteus petersi or Red rump tarantula (Brachypelma vagans) in the Amazon rainforest [formerly labeled the Amazon Pink Toed tarantula (Avicularia amazonica)]
(Colombia)

Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings
(Colombia)

False coral snake (Anilius scytale)
(Colombia)

Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Bromeliad in the Amazon rain forest canopy
(Colombia)

Organic solar cell
(Colombia)

Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
(Colombia)

Amazon meadow
(Colombia)

Anole lizard in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Brown spider [co05-0668]
(Colombia)

White insect with light orange spots, family Fulgoridae
(Colombia)

White insect with black spots and an orange head
(Colombia)

Rainforest meadow in the Amazon near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper)
(Colombia)

Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja
(Colombia)

Brown leaf katydid
(Colombia)

Close-up on a leaf grasshopper
(Colombia)

Yellow and black Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)

Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
(Colombia)

Orange and black Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)

Tropical Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)

Raised walkways and houses of Leticia, Colombia
(Colombia)

White flower blossom of Victoria amazonica
(Colombia)

Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree
(Colombia)

Victoria amazonica water lilies in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf
(Colombia)

Rainbow grasshopper [co05-0798]
(Colombia)

Close up of the Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), the world's longest snake
(Colombia)

Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy
(Colombia)

Overhead view of forest clearing in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Amazon spider
(Colombia)

Canary-winged Parakeet
(Colombia)

Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands
(Colombia)

Green anaconda near a river edge in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Overhead view of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Black, orange, and light blue butterfly, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)

Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna - Parotostigmus rex (Peruvian yellow leg centipede)
(Colombia)

Harpy eagle, profile head shot
(Colombia)

Green skimmer (family Libellulidae, probably genus Erythemis) with alternating green and black abdominal segments - or Great Pondhawk dragonfly
(Colombia)

Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Green iguana in Colombia
(Colombia)

Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)

Anaconda
(Colombia)

Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings
(Colombia)

Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) stalking its prey
(Colombia)

Victoria amazonica
(Colombia)

Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Gray grasshopper (Abracris flavolineata)
(Colombia)

Jaguar licking its chops
(Colombia)

Jaguar
(Colombia)

Red-Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon rubra) [ID uncertain]. ID suggestion by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)

Ticuna child playing with a plastic toy
(Colombia)

Young Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy [co04-0957]
(Colombia)

Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) [co03-9452]
(Colombia)

Amazon homestead
(Colombia)

Bright green katydid [co05-0859]
(Colombia)

Lizard on a tree trunk
(Colombia)

Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support
(Colombia)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile
(Colombia)

Debrius floating down the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Sunset over the Amazon river [co06-1237]
(Colombia)

Jaguar (Panthera onca) [co06-1367]
(Colombia)

Yellow-handed Titi Monkey [co04-1085]
(Colombia)

Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Mountain Paca (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Light green katydid
(Colombia)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile [co07-0579a]
(Colombia)

Emergent canopy tree near a cattle pasture in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Moth that has been invaded by a parasitic fungus
(Colombia)

Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree
(Colombia)

Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Dendrpsophus cf microcephala frog [co04-0936a]
(Colombia)

Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf
(Colombia)

The Amazon River near Leticia, Colombia
(Colombia)

Gray frog (Dendropsophus sp) changing from tadpole to adult form (postmetamorphic)
(Colombia)

A main street in Puerto Nariño, an ecologically-sensitive city in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia
(Colombia)

Acrobatic woolly monkey
(Colombia)

Oropendula nests along the Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Boa constrictor in defensive mode [co02-0109]
(Colombia)

Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata)
(Colombia)

Buttress roots in the Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)

Toad formerly known as Bufo typhonius, probably Bufo cf. margaritifer. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)

Amazon forest canopy as seen at eye level
(Colombia)

Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Colombia
(Colombia)

Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)

Blue morpho with wings closed
(Colombia)

Green parrot [co07-0506]
(Colombia)

Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja, at a rehabilitation center
(Colombia)

Indian wrestling an Anaconda in Leticia
(Colombia)

Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red rearparts
(Colombia)

Ectatomma tuberculatum stick insect with orange feet on an Inga legume plant
(Colombia)

Parrot [br_co-9999]
(Colombia)

Snake anti-venom
(Colombia)

Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts
(Colombia)

Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Yellow-handed titi at an Amazon rehabilitation center
(Colombia)

Ocelot [br_co-0367]
(Colombia)

Ticuna child in a doorway of a hut in San Martin
(Colombia)

Parrot [br_co-9994]
(Colombia)

Victoria amazonica 'lips'
(Colombia)

Ticuna girl
(Colombia)

Aerial view of a meandering stream in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Common woolly monkey
(Colombia)

Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Mottled gray and black grasshopper
(Colombia)

Large black caiman in an oxbow lake
(Colombia)

White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

View from an airplane of Colombia's Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon
(Colombia)

Boa constrictor in "strike" position
(Colombia)

Hut in an Amerindian communal garden
(Colombia)

Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Anilius scytale coral snake
(Colombia)

Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary
(Colombia)

Aerial view of forest and small scale agricultural clearing in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Brown Gonatodes humeralis gecko with red markings
(Colombia)

Woolly monkey in a tree
(Colombia)

Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches
(Colombia)

Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry
(Colombia)

Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)

Aerial view of likely indigenous forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia
(Colombia)

Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling
(Colombia)

False coral snake [co02-0146]
(Colombia)

Unknown butterfly
(Colombia)

Yellow and black spider in its web
(Colombia)

Face of a Harpy Eagle, the world's largest eagle
(Colombia)

Multi-colored grasshopper
(Colombia)

Queen Victoria water lily in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Canopy platform in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Raised houses of Leticia
(Colombia)

Black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
(Colombia)

Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Amazon water lily shaped like a pair of lips
(Colombia)

Harpy eagle with its beak open
(Colombia)

Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines
(Colombia)

Mothers and sons in a dugout on the Amazon
(Colombia)

Victoria amazonica water lilies in the Amazon [co07-0289]
(Colombia)

Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Sunset over the Amazon river in Colombia
(Colombia)

Outskirts of Leticia, on the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Red flowers of a bromeliad in the Amazon rainforest canopy [co04-1024]
(Colombia)

Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0049]
(Colombia)

Yellow-headed Soldier Fly, family Stratiomyidae (a true fly that resembles a bee)
(Colombia)

Ticuna child in San Martin
(Colombia)

Flowering bromeliads high in the rain forest canopy
(Colombia)

Green parrot
(Colombia)

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
(Colombia)

Clouds over the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Brown millipede (Polydesmidae family) on the trunk of a canopy tree. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)

Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree
(Colombia)

Monk saki monkey (Pithecia monachus) [co06-1190]
(Colombia)

Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Rio Amacayacu
(Colombia)

Church in central plaza of Leticia
(Colombia)

Mating Abracris flavolineata grasshoppers on a blade of grass
(Colombia)

Unknown katydid
(Colombia)

Socratea exorrhiza (Family Arecaceae/Palmae) [Walking palm]
(Colombia)

Stream crossing in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Sundown in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk
(Colombia)

Ticuna children playing with a pet rodent
(Colombia)

Close headshot of a tapir
(Colombia)

South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus)
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the canopy of the Amazon rain forest
(Colombia)

Wooly Monkey, not the Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)
(Colombia)

Green anaconda underwater
(Colombia)

Golden-eyed tree frog near Puerto Nariño. Readers have suggeste either the Red-Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon rubra) or Osteocephalus planiceps
(Colombia)

Rainforest canopy tree
(Colombia)

Aerial view of an Oxbow lake off the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf
(Colombia)

Black and orange Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)

Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru
(Colombia)

Leaf-mimicking grasshopper
(Colombia)

Victoria amazonica flower
(Colombia)

Banyon tree in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0061]
(Colombia)

Aerial view of the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
(Colombia)

Rio Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river, at Sunset
(Colombia)

South American rattlesnake
(Colombia)

Bright green shrub
(Colombia)

Jaguar opening its mouth
(Colombia)

Red ceacilian (an amphibian) on the floor of the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Black caterpillar with orange spots
(Colombia)

Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf
(Colombia)

Amazon water lilies in Leticia
(Colombia)

Closeup of bromeliads growing in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon
(Colombia)

Brown buterfly with red, white, lavendar, and orange markings
(Colombia)

Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha)
(Colombia)

Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)
(Colombia)

Buttress roots of a canopy tree in the Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)

Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0057]
(Colombia)

Sunset over the Amazon
(Colombia)

Airplane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia
(Colombia)

Jaguar (Panthera onca) [co06-1408]
(Colombia)

Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena)
(Colombia)

Slogging through a swamp in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Amazon rainforest canopy as seen at eye level
(Colombia)

Reeds along the Amazon river
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy [co04-0978]
(Colombia)

Port marketplace in Leticia
(Colombia)

River boats in Leticia
(Colombia)

Blue and gold macaw
(Colombia)

Black caterpillar with orange spots [co05-0759a]
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy
(Colombia)

Ladder into the rain forest canopy
(Colombia)

Raised homes in Leticia
(Colombia)

Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern (Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae)
(Colombia)

Amazon river port at Leticia
(Colombia)

Insect-weary leaf in the rainforest understory
(Colombia)

Amazon Maloca [br_co-9895]
(Colombia)

Kitchen in an Amazon home
(Colombia)

Amazon rainforest camp site set up, with tarp
(Colombia)

Brother and sister in the Amazon
(Colombia)

Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy [co04-1027]
(Colombia)

River in Colombia (view from an airplane)
(Colombia)

Alouatta seniculus
(Colombia)

Sunset over the Amazon near Puerto Nariño
(Colombia)

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
(Colombia)

Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon [co06-1183a]
(Colombia)

Masses of bromeliads in a rainforest tree
(Colombia)

Potential coca plantation in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)

Ascending to the canopy [co04-0954]
(Colombia)

Aerial view of a winding river in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)

Deforestation (aerial view)
(Colombia)

Forest clearing near a rainforest stream in Colombia
(Colombia)

Butterfly with transparent wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)

Green grasshopper with black eyes
(Colombia)

Bromeliads (Neoregelia carolinae) in the Amazon rain forest canopy [co04-1006]
(Colombia)

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