Despite supposedly being one of the more common species in the Amazon, this anole somehow eluded me until this year. The most likely reason for this is that they were all hanging out in the canopy instead of down in the forest where they are supposed to be! After Giselle (the ornithologist) told me for … Continue reading Amazon bark anole (Anolis ortonii)
I’ve come across some pretty wacky stuff before, but nothing even comes close to one of these alien amphibians. Give a child some clay and tell them to make the weirdest frog they can imagine, then take their creation and drive over it with your car. Just like that, you’ll have an anatomically correct Suriname … Continue reading Suriname Toad (Pipa pipa)
Forget your favourite nightclub, Friday night in the Amazon is the place to be. It’s the weekly ‘Caiman Cruise’, where I take my student groups out in the canoe to search for caiman by torchlight. My favourite part is looking up in the trees overhanging the river and seeing the golden eye shine of one … Continue reading Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulanus)
Tales of Scales 