Photographs from the Colombian Amazon

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These " Photographs from the Colombian Amazon " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Church in central plaza of Leticia Queen Victoria water lily in the Amazon Amazon water lilies in Leticia Raised homes in Leticia Blue-and-yellow Macaw Scarlet macaw Amazon water lilies Amazon water lilies Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower Group of Amerindian girls in a dugout canoe on the Amazon river Red and black dragonfly Grasshopper Black, red, and yellow butterfly Black, red, and yellow butterfly Black, blue, and yellow butterfly Amazon river near Puerto Nariño Brown bird Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in the Amazon Silvery-green grasshopper Brown cricket Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Bright green grasshopper Black spiny caterpillar

Brown spider on its web Black insect with orange parasites Canopy walkway in Parque Amacayacu (Colombia) Rainforest canopy Rainforest canopy Yellow-handed Titi Monkey Woolly monkey Woolly monkey Woolly monkey Woolly monkey Woolly monkey Woolly monkey Motorized canoe moving up a tributary of the Amazon river Anaconda in the Amazon Amazon tortoise Brown moth Ocelot Overhead view of slash-and-burn agriculture in the Amazon rainforest Anilius scytale coral snake South American rattlesnake Parrot Parrot Aerial view of the Amazon river as it forms the border between Colombia and Peru Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of the Amazon river Aerial view of an Oxbow lake off the Amazon river Green anaconda Boa constrictor in "strike" position Boa constrictor in defensive mode False coral snake Snake anti-venom Bushmaster (Lachesis sp.), South American rattlesnake Victoria amazonica Raised houses of Leticia Amazon river port at Leticia Port marketplace in Leticia Outskirts of Leticia, on the Amazon river Blue and gold macaw Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) Lizard on a tree trunk