Pics from the Colombian Amazon

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

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Brown lizard with red markings Brown centipede on the trunk of a canopy tree Tree frog Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon Closeup of bromeliads growing in the Amazon rainforest canopy Bromeliads in the canopy of the Amazon rain forest Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy Ladder into the rain forest canopy Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon Amazon forest canopy as seen at eye level Amazon rainforest canopy as seen at eye level Flowering bromeliads high in the rain forest canopy Red flowers of a bromeliad in the Amazon rainforest canopy Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree Rainforest canopy tree Canopy platform in the Amazon rainforest Slogging through a swamp in the Amazon rainforest Buttress roots in the Amazon swamp forest Buttress roots of a canopy tree in the Amazon swamp forest Debrius floating down the Amazon river Yellow-handed Titi Monkey Common woolly monkey Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk

Acrobatic woolly monkey Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha) Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) Emergent canopy tree near a cattle pasture in the Amazon Ticuna child in a doorway of a hut in San Martin Ticuna child playing with a plastic toy Ticuna girl Ticuna child in San Martin Oropendula nests along the Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river Light green katydid Moth that has been invaded by a parasitic fungus Walking palm Stick insect with orange feet Gray frog changing from tadpole to adult form Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest Can you find the leaf frog (Bufo typhonius)? Butterfly with transparent wings, eye-spots, and orange-rust coloration Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts Hut in an Amerindian communal garden Black caterpillar with orange spots Black caterpillar with orange spots Gray grasshopper Grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches Unknown grasshopper: black head, red antenna, yellow stripes, green legs, red haunches Unknown katydid Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf Multi-colored grasshopper Leaf-mimicking grasshopper Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern Rio Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river, at Sunset Rio Amacayacu Kitchen at our camp site in the Amazon rainforest Yellow and black spider in its web Mottled gray and black grasshopper Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon White moth spotted on a night walk in the Colombian Amazon Large brown cricket in the Amazon rainforest Bright green katydid