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