Vaillant’s Frog, Lithobates vaillanti
Photo by Bob Thomas, Augustine, Rio Frio, Cayo District, Belize, May 2005.Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2010. Rana vaillanti is the most […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Ramon or Breadnut, Brosimum alicastrum
All photos by Bob Thomas, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2008. Ramon has food value for many forms of wildlife, as well as humans. It was a staple starch source for cereal […]
Terrestrial turbellarian flatworms: Gigantea gigantea
Terrestrial flatworms, planarians of the family Geoplanidae, are rather secretive animals that live in humid zones like leaf-litter, under logs and rocks, and in burrows in moist soil. They prowl […]
Millipedes, Diplopoda
Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2005. Photo by Bob Thomas, Caracol, Cayo District, Belize, May 2004. Millipedes are common in rainforests and […]
Macuna beans, Macuna pruriens
Photos by Bob Thomas, San Miguel Village, Toledo District, Belize, April 2004. Macuna beans are now used in San Miguel by the milpa farmers to nourish the soil with nitrogen […]
Mosaic flower, Ludwigia sedioides
Photos taken by Bob Thomas, Rio Matiyure, Hato El Cedral, Apure, Venezuela, June 1991. This is a lovely aquatic plant with rosettes of diamond-shaped leaves. It is rooted in the […]
Prickly Yellow, Zanthozylum ekmanii
Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Stann Creek District, Belize, May 2003. There are 7 or 8 species of Zanthozylum in Belize. This one has long, flattened spines, […]
What Katydid? (11-2008)
Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, November 2008.
Wax-tail leafhopper, Pterodictya reticularis
Both photos by Bob Thomas, taken in a cacao plantation, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, February 1986. Another name for this species is lantern fly. Many leafhopper have wax producing cells which […]
Paper wasp nests, Polistes
Photo by Bob Thomas, Pilenque, Costa Rica, February 1986. Photo by Bob Thomas, Simla (Wm. Beebe Research Station), Trinidad, June 2001.Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad, June […]
Tropical Natural History 