Pictures of Colombia

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These " Pictures of Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines Jaguar (Panthera onca) Honeycomb-shaped flower Heliconia in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Red and yellow bromeliad Pink bromeliad flower Green and purple orchid Red bromeliad flower Pink bromeliad flower Red Heliconia with yellow and white blossoms Amazon water lilies in Colombia Oxbow lake filled with Amazon water lilies in Colombia New Victoria amazonica leaf White Victoria amazonica flower Pink bananas Bamboo forest in Colombia Heliconia leaf Leaf in the rainforest understory Yellow colonial-style house in old Cartagena Fisheye view of a colorful building in Old Cartagena Boulders on the beach at Arrecifes in Parque Tayrona Camping in the Amazon rainforest Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Amazon River in flood Oropendula nests silhouetted by sundown over the Amacayacu Otún river

Waterfall and montane forest of La Pastora in Parque Ucumarí Sunset over the Caribbean sea at Taganga lighthouse Grassy riverbank of an Amazon tributary Platform in the flooded swamp forest Canopy access platform in the flooded swamp forest of the Colombian Amazon Leaf toad in the Amazon Brown tree frog near Puerto Nariño Red, black, yellow, and white caterpillar Orange and yellow beetle with black spots Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Thin spider in the Amazon Green grasshopper Red insect Brown spider Rasberry dragonfly Giant black and red jungle tarantula Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy White a dark red-stripped butterfly Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae) Wasps' nest Black, orange, and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf Orange, green, black, yellow, and turquoise grasshopper Red, black, and white butterfly Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest Black, blue, and orange butterfly in Colombia Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia Green macaw Blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja, in Colombia Red Bill Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) Woolly monkey Red howler monkey Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) Headshot of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Ocelot Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Red howler monkey howling Boa constrictor in defensive mode Juvenile caiman Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth Headshot of a rainbow skink Anaconda with tongue extended False coral snake Rainbow Ameivas (Cnemidophorus deppei) in forest leaf litter in Parque Tayrona, Colombia Common green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon rainforest