Slideshow: nature images from Panama's rainforest

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Slideshow: nature images from Panama's rainforest [Still images with captions below]

Captions images from the slideshow

Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Panama Panamanian black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) forest Buttress root of a canopy tree in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island Lady of the Night Orchid (Brassavola nodosa) Aerial view of tropical rainforest in Bocas del Toro Deforestation in Panama View of Panama Bay from Casco Viejo at sundown Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Canopy Crane Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute uses a construction crane to conduct tropical forest research in Panama The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute uses a construction crane to study Panama's tropical forest canopy Jungle lining the Panama Canal near BCI

Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) sleeping on the buttress root of a rainforest tree Leaf litter toad (Bufo typhonius alatus) Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) Red poison-dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio) Black caterpillar with off-white stripes, yellow spines, and orange antenna Crab at Culebra Point Marine Education Center Bird Harpy Eagle at Summit Park Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) Mantled Howler Monkey Central American Agouti eating a fallen fruit Tayassu tajacu Juvenile White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus) Panamanian Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Male anole in Panama Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in Panama