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  • Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Perezoso de Tres Dedos, Cahuita, Caribe, Costa Rica<br />
This sloth species is found from southern Honduras through Panama and western Colombia through the Amazon to northern Argentina. The three-toed sloth is active during the day, unlike the nocturnal two-toed sloth, and so is seen more often. This sloth only eats leaves from trees and lianas, but may feed on fifty individual trees of up to thirty species, eating leaves of different ages. Sloths live, feed, mate, and reproduce near the upper levels of the forest canopy. They move to a new tree often enough to balance their diet, or about once every 1.5 days. Image by Andres Morya
    Three-Toed-Sloth-Bradypus003.tiff
  • Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), Costa Rica. The Quetzal prefers damp mountain forests, and is most active in the canopy and edges; it may survive in heavily deforested areas, but only if there remain woods with adequate feeding and nesting trees. The Quetzal mostly eats fruits of the avocado family, as well as figs. Its diet also includes insects, small frogs, snails, and lizards. It drinks water from the bases of bromeliads. Image by Andres Morya
    Resplendent-Quetzal007.tiff
  • Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana), Costa Rica. Every year in early spring, female green iguanas climb down from the tall trees of Costa Rica's rain forests and lay their eggs in sandy beaches along the ocean. And every year, people are waiting to catch and eat them. Eating iguanas is an ancient tradition for the people of Costa Rica. They call iguanas "chicken of the trees." Image by Andres Morya
    green-iguana-iguana001.tiff
  • Cururu toad, Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri), Esteros de Iberá, Argentina Image by Andres Morya
    Rococo-toad-Rhinella008.tiff
  • Cururu toad, Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri), Esteros de Iberá, Argentina Image by Andres Morya
    Rococo-toad-Rhinella003.tiff
  • Cururu toad, Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri), Esteros de Iberá, Argentina Image by Andres Morya
    Rococo-toad-Rhinella005.tiff
  • Cururu toad, Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri), Esteros de Iberá, Argentina Image by Andres Morya
    arg_ibe-1044 - Version 3.tiff
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  • Cururu toad, Rococo toad (Rhinella schneideri), Esteros de Iberá, Argentina Image by Andres Morya
    Rococo-toad-Rhinella001.tiff
  • Yellow-banded poison dart frog, Dendrobates leucomelas, South America. <br />
This amphibian is normally found in very humid conditions in tropical rain forests, close to fresh water. It is often found on flat rocks, trees, plants (notably, bromeliads) and the leaf litter of the forest floor. During the dry season, specimens are known to congregate in damper places such as under rocks or fallen tree trunks. These beautiful colors are warnings to potential predators that the frogs are poisonous. Other species, such as monarch butterflies, sport bright colors to advertise their toxicity. Several species of non-poisonous frogs evolved with similar coloring to avoid being eaten. Some scientists think that the reticulated pattern of the frogs also acts as camouflage among the forest shadows.<br />
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Three very toxic species of poison dart frogs from Colombia and South America are utilized by Indians to poison the tips of blowgun darts. Image by Andres Morya
    Yellow-banded-poison-dart frog-Dendr..tiff
  • Yellow-banded poison dart frog, Dendrobates leucomelas, South America. <br />
This amphibian is normally found in very humid conditions in tropical rain forests, close to fresh water. It is often found on flat rocks, trees, plants (notably, bromeliads) and the leaf litter of the forest floor. During the dry season, specimens are known to congregate in damper places such as under rocks or fallen tree trunks. These beautiful colors are warnings to potential predators that the frogs are poisonous. Other species, such as monarch butterflies, sport bright colors to advertise their toxicity. Several species of non-poisonous frogs evolved with similar coloring to avoid being eaten. Some scientists think that the reticulated pattern of the frogs also acts as camouflage among the forest shadows.<br />
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Three very toxic species of poison dart frogs from Colombia and South America are utilized by Indians to poison the tips of blowgun darts. Image by Andres Morya
    Yellow-banded-poison-dart frog-Dendr..tiff