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Images of Reptiles from Colombia

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These " Images of Reptiles from Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Caiman among water lillies


Anaconda in the Amazon


Anaconda in the Amazon


Preparing to milk a fer-de-lance for its venom


Blue-tailed skink in Colombia


Rainbow Ameivas lizard


Rainbow Ameivas (Cnemidophorus species) laying flat on a rock (full body)


Eunectes murinus


Headshot of a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)


Boa constrictor in defensive mode


Boa constrictor in defensive mode




Anilius scytale


Anilius scytale held by an Amerindian guide


Terciopelo or Equis


Milking a fer de lance for its venom


Brazilian Lance Head (Bothrops atrox)


Green iguana on a tree trunk in the Colombian Amazon


Brown tree lizard


Brown-grey anole in the canopy


Amazon "chameleon" lizard on a tree trunk


Large black caiman near an Amazon water lily


Green anaconda in Colombia


Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger)


Amazon skink


Amazon skink on a tree branch


South American 'chameleon'


Amazon 'chameleon'









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