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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Raised houses in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Spiny white and black caterpillar [co07-0461a]
(Colombia)
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Red fruit [co07-0541]
(Colombia)
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Closeup on the face of a harpy eagle
(Colombia)
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Meandering river in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads (Neoregelia carolinae) in the Amazon rain forest canopy
(Colombia)
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Tapir walking
(Colombia)
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Jaguar yawn
(Colombia)
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Two young male woolly monkeys
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of Leticia-Tabatinga
(Colombia)
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Floodplain (varzea) forest along the Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Dendrpsophus cf microcephala frog [co04-0933a]
(Colombia)
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Amazon light gap caused by a tree fall
(Colombia)
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Statue of Indian spearfishing in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Floating homes along the Amazon near Leticia
(Colombia)
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Ticana children at play
(Colombia)
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Red palm roots
(Colombia)
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Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - adult [co07-0572]
(Colombia)
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Captive jaguar in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Light green katydid on a leaf
(Colombia)
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Dendrpsophus cf microcephala [co04-0934a]
(Colombia)
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Ascending to the canopy [co04-0959]
(Colombia)
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Whip spider
(Colombia)
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Scarlet macaw [co07-0516]
(Colombia)
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Common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha)
(Colombia)
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Statue of Indian holding an Anaconda in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Yellow flowering tree behind an Amazon settlement
(Colombia)
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Ascending to the canopy [co04-0951]
(Colombia)
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Airplane view of the Leticia-Tabatinga border region
(Colombia)
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Anilius scytale held by an Amerindian guide
(Colombia)
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Sundown over the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Light green skimmer (family Libellulidae, probably genus Erythemis) with alternating green and black abdominal segments, in Macedonia, an Amerindian craftsmen community
(Colombia)
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Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño [co07-0563]
(Colombia)
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Red howler monkey [co04-1122]
(Colombia)
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Amazon rainforest camp site set up, with tarp [co05-0742]
(Colombia)
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Plica plica or Plica umbra (South American 'chameleon'). Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Amazon rainforest canopy [co04-1016]
(Colombia)
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Small forest creek in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Wood home along the Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy [co04-0976]
(Colombia)
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Victoria amazonica water lilies
(Colombia)
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Dozens of Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica
(Colombia)
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Young male woolly monkey
(Colombia)
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Deforestation in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Orange and red Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae
(Colombia)
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Lagothrix lagothricha monkey
(Colombia)
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Painting in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Cattle pasture in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Green Katydid near Puerto Nariño [co07-0564]
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0048]
(Colombia)
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Carved post in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Flooded forest in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Slogging through the flooded Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)
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Puerto Narino, a 'green' city in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Jaguar yawning
(Colombia)
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Wattled Jacana, Jacana jacana
(Colombia)
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Plica plica or Plica umbra, sometimes known locally as an Amazon 'chameleon'. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Milking a fer de lance for its venom
(Colombia)
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Green iguana on a tree trunk in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0052]
(Colombia)
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Rain forest canopy walkway
(Colombia)
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Anilius scytale
(Colombia)
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Amazon river [co02-0062]
(Colombia)
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Santader statue in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Sunset over the Amazon [co06-1235]
(Colombia)
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Termite nest
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru near Leticia
(Colombia)
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Dark green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna - Parotostigmus rex (Peruvian yellow leg centipede)
(Colombia)
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Light green praying mantis
(Colombia)
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Bufo cf. margaritifer. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Saimiri sciureus
(Colombia)
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Cicada emergence tube
(Colombia)
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Small Amazon forest frog, possibly Leptodactylus pentadactylus
(Colombia)
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Hammocks and mosquito nets at Amazon camp site
(Colombia)
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Amazon ants devouring a leaf
(Colombia)
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Aratinga pertinax
(Colombia)
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Floating homes in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Small brown spider on a banana leaf
(Colombia)
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Statue of Indian spearfishing in Leticia [colombia_sd_0004]
(Colombia)
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Floating homes along the Amazon near Leticia [br_co-0024]
(Colombia)
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Amazon river boat loaded with supplies
(Colombia)
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Giant ceiba tree which serves at the base for climbing into the canopy
(Colombia)
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Dasyprocta fuliginosa aouti
(Colombia)
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Black agouti
(Colombia)
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Emergent canopy tree at sunset
(Colombia)
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Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger)
(Colombia)
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Butterfly with see-through wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)
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Canary-winged Parakeet [br_co-0008]
(Colombia)
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Two men in a dugout canoe on the Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Disperse roots provide support for a Banyon tree in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Two young male woolly monkeys at play
(Colombia)
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Amazon rainforest camp site - step 1
(Colombia)
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Large black caiman near an Amazon water lily
(Colombia)
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Callichthys catfish in an Amazon creek at night
(Colombia)
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Brazilian Lance Head (Bothrops atrox)
(Colombia)
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Green-spot Grasshopper in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Metallic Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) with black spots
(Colombia)
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Unknown butterfly [co05-0717]
(Colombia)
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Boa constrictor in defensive mode [co02-0108]
(Colombia)
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Raised homes in Leticia, Colombia
(Colombia)
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Two colorful grasshoppers in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Stick insect (Ectatomma tuberculatum) with orange feet
(Colombia)
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Tapir standing at the edge of a grassy meadow
(Colombia)
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Boat on the bank of a lily pond in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Amazon Maloca
(Colombia)
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Handicrafts at a tourist stop (Isla de los Micos) on the Amazon. Isla de los Micos was once run by Mike Tsalickis, an American entreprenuer who was busted for cocaine trafficking in 1989. The island was seized by the government but has now been turned over to a luxury resort developer. Located just minutes outside Leticia, it is a frequent stop for mass market Amazon tours running out of Colombia.
(Colombia)
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Orchids growing in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)
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Statue of Indian using bow and arrow in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Floating homes along the Amazon near Leticia [br_co-0026]
(Colombia)
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Riverside vegetation
(Colombia)
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Green anaconda in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy [co04-0990]
(Colombia)
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Black butterfly with blue and yellow spots
(Colombia)
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Amazon skink on a tree branch
(Colombia)
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Red howler monkey at a rehabilitation center
(Colombia)
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Terciopelo or Equis
(Colombia)
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Homes on the bank of the Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Painting in Leticia [colombia_sd_0002]
(Colombia)
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Two boys sitting in a dugout on the Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Victoria amazonica [co02-0244]
(Colombia)
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Yellow-headed caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Sundown on the Amacayacu
(Colombia)
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Spiny white and black caterpillar
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of Amazon Basin in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Perico Carisucio
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0053]
(Colombia)
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Black Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) with orange fringe
(Colombia)
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Green-spot Grasshopper
(Colombia)
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Yellow-headed caracara [co07-0590]
(Colombia)
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Ascending to the canopy
(Colombia)
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Yellow-headed caracara
(Colombia)
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Sundown over the Amazon river in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Painted leopard yawning
(Colombia)
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Green grasshopper with black and bright yellow stripes
(Colombia)
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Cacao-like pods
(Colombia)
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Boa constrictor in defensive mode [co02-0102]
(Colombia)
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Cattle grazing along the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Black vulture [co07-0571]
(Colombia)
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Seed pod on the forest flood
(Colombia)
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A face only a mother could love - the tapir
(Colombia)
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Dendrpsophus cf microcephala tree frog [co04-0935a]
(Colombia)
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Heart formation in an Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Group of local girls paddling a dugout canoe in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Jaguar [co06-1373]
(Colombia)
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Ticana kids
(Colombia)
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Orphaned red howler monkey at a rehabilitation center
(Colombia)
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Black spider monkey in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Amazon skink
(Colombia)
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Yellow-headed caracara [co07-0591]
(Colombia)
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Preparing to milk a fer-de-lance for its venom
(Colombia)
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Colombian Jaguar (Panthera onca)
(Colombia)
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Flooded Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)
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Amacayacu River at sundown
(Colombia)
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Soil in the rainforest canopy
(Colombia)
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Leticia
(Colombia)
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High-speed Amazon riverboat
(Colombia)
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Emergent canopy tree in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Armored catfish in an Amazon creek at night
(Colombia)
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Red fringed Amazon water lily
(Colombia)
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Girls paddling a dugout canoe in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Grasshopper with a black band, a green head, and yellow-orange legs
(Colombia)
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Headshot of a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
(Colombia)
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Brown tree lizard
(Colombia)
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Yellow-handed Titi Monkey (Callicebus torquatus)
(Colombia)
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Woolly monkey hanging out [co06-1211]
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads in the Amazon forest canopy
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0051]
(Colombia)
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Amazon meadow near Puerto Narino
(Colombia)
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Blue morpho buttefly with closed wings
(Colombia)
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Amazon rainforest campsite
(Colombia)
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Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)
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Raised walkway in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Plane view of slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0043]
(Colombia)
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Grasshopper with a black body, yellow stripes, and green legs
(Colombia)
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Dasyprocta fuliginosa
(Colombia)
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Hiking in the flooded Amazon swamp forest
(Colombia)
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Flower bud of a Giant Amazon water lily breaking the surface of an oxbow lake
(Colombia)
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Ticuna children of San Martin playing with a young rodent
(Colombia)
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Plica plica or Plica umbra lizard on a tree trunk. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of a patch of cleared rainforest in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus monachus)
(Colombia)
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Tangerine-colored insect with black spots
(Colombia)
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View of Leticia from an airplane
(Colombia)
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Amazon rainforest canopy [co04-1020]
(Colombia)
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Brown-grey anole in the canopy
(Colombia)
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Rio Amacayacu at Sunset
(Colombia)
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Brown centipede on the trunk of a canopy tree
(Colombia)
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Eunectes murinus
(Colombia)
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Tangerine insect with black spots
(Colombia)
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Swidden agriculture in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Striated seed on the rainforest floor
(Colombia)
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Bromeliads in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Aerial view of the Amazon river [co02-0059]
(Colombia)
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Ticana children at play in San Martin
(Colombia)
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Setting up an Amazon rainforest camp site
(Colombia)
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Flotsam in the flooded Amazon river
(Colombia)
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Woolly monkey hanging out [co06-1212]
(Colombia)
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Woolly monkey hanging out
(Colombia)
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Statue of Indian wrestling an Anaconda in Leticia
(Colombia)
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Green phosphorescent fungi
(Colombia)
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