Weatherman gecko, Aristelliger georgeensis
Photos by Shannon Fortenberry, Glover’s Reef Resort, Glover’s Reef Atoll, Belize, May 2010. Weatherman geckos (also known as the Saint George Island gecko) are so named because they make a […]
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Fer-de-lance, Terciopelo, Yellowjaw tommygoff, Lancehead, Mapepire Balsain, Bothrops asper and Bothrops atrox
Fer-de-lances are the most abundant venomous snake in Central America, and probably also part of South America they inhabit. They are certainly common in Trinidad, where they are called mapepire […]
Bullet Ant, Paraponera clavata
Photo by Bob Thomas, Refugio Amazonas Lodge, Tambopata National Park, Peru, November 2007. Also called the hormiga bala, giant tropical ant, and 24-hour ant (the latter due to the 24 […]
Middle American Burrowing Toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Photo by Keese Quist, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2006. Photo by Keese Quist, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2006. Photo by Keese Quist, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2006, prepared to call. Photo by Keese […]
Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans – the latest alien marauder in the Caribbean
Photo by Frank Jordan, Glover’s Reef Resort, Glover’s Reef Atoll, Belize, May 2010. Lionfish are quite beautiful and distinctive fishes that are characterized by bright red, white, and black banding […]
Drip tip leaves – typical of most rainforest plants
Photo by Bob Thomas, Refugio Amazonas Lodge, Tambopata National Park, Peru, November 2007. If leaves had no mechanisms to shed water in the rainforest, they would be incessantly covered with […]
Linton’s dwarf short-tailed snake, Tantillita lintoni
Photos by Bob Thomas, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2005. This small snake is distributed along the Atlantic versant from southern Veracruz, Mexico, through Belize and Guatemala into northern Nicaragua. It feeds […]
Maya Marauder, Euglandina ghiesbreghti
Photo by Frank Jordan, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2010. This predatory snail feeds voraciously on other mollusks. It move rather quickly, for a snail, and spends its time checking out a […]
Terrestrial turbellarian flatworm: Bipalium cf. kewense
Photo by Bob Thomas, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad. Bipalium flatworms are easily differentiated from Gigantea gigantea by having a spade-shaped head (see underside on left of this worm pictured). […]
Blue land crab, Cardiosoma guanhumi
Photo by Ryan Dempsey, Belize City near municipal airport, Belize, May 2002. Photo by Bob Thomas, Grande Riviere, Trinidad, November 2004.Photo by Bob Thomas, Nariva Swamp, Trinidad, November 2011. Blue […]
Tropical Natural History 