One of several Rainbow Boas we found moving through the layers of leaf litter covering the ground in the Peruvian Amazon. Back home, these are popular pets. In the wild, they’re every bit as colorful … but typically highly defensive and quick to bite.
A very impressive animal – an adult Yellow-tailed Cribo found near camp in Peru.
A Fer De Lance found resting in the center of the trail a short distance from camp in the Peruvian Amazon earlier in the year. The color and chaotic pattern of this snake would make it easy to miss, which could be a fatal mistake in the remote location we were at.
An especially bitey Rainbow Boa was found cruising around in the leaf litter between amazingly large trees in the Amazon. These snakes are popular in the pet trade, for obvious reasons. In the wild, they’re quick to defend themselves, understandably. I got some photos and watched it slide off into the darkness.
An Amazon Tree Boa we found by boat in Peru. These snakes are commonly found in branches overhanging tributaries of the Amazon river, where they can be seen by distinctive eyeshine at night.
This pretty little toad is in steep decline within its range in the Amazon basin. In some pockets, however, they can be locally abundant. This is one of several seen in a short amount of time on a daytime hike through the rainforest at the start of 2024.
Collared Tree Runner from Peru, found sleeping in low branches on a night time walk through the rainforest.
Like a lizard with the body of a crocodilian – a Common Stream-side Lizard found in Peru a few years ago.
A tiny Two-Striped Forest Pitviper (Bothrops bilineatus) from Loreto, Peru. This was the first I’d ever seen and it didn’t disappoint. Just a beautiful little green snake with a hint of blue.
One of several Amazon Tree Boas we found on a night time boat ride in Peru.
