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Day hike on the long trail, posing racers and bird snake bites

Lorrie and I check out a large spider in the dining hut. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Juvenile Fer de Lance	It's just that easy....	Second of three Bothrops atrox on our trip.
Shooting the juvenile Fer de Lance. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Karl and I shoot the Fer de Lance, while Cesar holds in on hook. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Hook 'em Danno	Cesar and Dale, heading off on the long trail
Armored millipede	Cesar, Dale and Edwin	Big buttress by the light of day	Hiking on the long trail. My hand is painfully swollen still :( Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
Termite mound on the trail	Termite mounds on the trail. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
Cesar points out the Catahua (Hura crepitans), a tree used in making curare	Bullet Ant	Don't touch this.	Blue-lipped Forest Anole, Anolis bombiceps
Blue-lipped Forest Anole, Anolis bombiceps	Doug on a cool plank bridge		Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
One of a handful of creeks on the long trail.	Ants? Termites? Crayfish?	A falling tree opens the canopy.	For anyone who has attended a business meeting, here is some low-hanging fruit.
A seed pod, perhaps? Hollow inside.	One of the really big trees on the long trail.	Nobody told me there were hills in the Peruvian Amazon.	Glasswing, probably Ithomia sp. (Nymphalidae)
Nobody told me there would be rocks....	Amber Phantom Haetera piera (Nymphalidae)	On the long trail. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Doug on the highest hill.
cool bridge, but watch your step	just keep your feet over the joists...	It's one-at-a-time over each section
Oje Tree fruit - used as a vermifuge	A really big tree with its new friend Doug	Skip inspecting a forest giant.	Unidentified caterpillar
Where's Waldo?	There he is!	See him?	Crested Forest Toad, Bufo margaritifer
Crested Forest Toad, Bufo margaritifer	Harlequin Toad, Atelopus spumarius	Harlequin Toad, Atelopus spumarius	Shooting an Atelopus as it climbs a small tree. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
Harlequin Toad,	Harlequin Toad, Atelopus spumarius	Harlequin Toad, Atelopus spumarius	Harlequin Toad, Atelopus spumarius
Strangler Fig	Hilltop in the forest	Unidentified flower	Beauty spot in the forest
strangler vine	Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
Spot-legged Poison Frog, Epipedobates pictus	Spot-legged Poison Frog, Epipedobates pictus	Forest giant	Forest giant
don't climb this.	don't be a tree hugger, Doug!	Don't climb this. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Shooting up the king of the forest. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.
Largest Ceiba in the forest. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Up	Looking up a big tree	Biggest Ceiba tree at Madre Selva.
Biggest Ceiba tree at Madre Selva.	Biggest Ceiba tree at Madre Selva.	The tree is more than twenty Dougs high.	Say. 'Ceiba!'
Hornet nest in the buttress, shot from a safe distance.	Unidentified caterpillar.	Unidentified caterpillar.	Crested Forest Toad Bufo margaritifer
Crested Forest Toad Bufo margaritifer	Crested Forest Toad Bufo margaritifer	Crested Forest Toad Bufo margaritifer	Blue-lipped Forest Anole, Anolis bombiceps
Blue-lipped Forest Anole, Anolis bombiceps	Blue-lipped Forest Anole, Anolis bombiceps		Spot-legged Poison Frog, Epipedobates pictus
Female Amazon Green Anole, Anolis punctatus	Rocket Treefrog, Hyla lanciformis	Rocket Treefrog, Hyla lanciformis	Rocket Treefrog, Hyla lanciformis
Narrow-headed Treefrog, Scinax cruentomma	Narrow-headed Treefrog, Scinax cruentomma	Variable Clown Treefrog, Hyla triangulum	Variable Clown Treefrog, Hyla triangulum
Variable Clown Treefrog, Hyla triangulum	Boa constrictor constrictor	Boa constrictor constrictor	Boa constrictor constrictor
Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis	Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis	Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis	Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis
Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis (Puffing up)	Common Bird Snake, Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis (Puffing up)	Karl with the Bird Snake	Pseustes bite
Pseustes bite	Black-bellied Forest Lizard, Alopoglossus atriventris	Dwarf Jungle Frog complex, Leptodactylus petersii	Dwarf Jungle Frog complex, Leptodactylus petersii
Black-bellied Forest Lizard, Alopoglossus atriventris	Painted Forest Toadlet, Physalaemus petersi	Painted Forest Toadlet, Physalaemus petersi	Sharp-nosed Toad, Bufo dapsilis
Sharp-nosed Toad, Bufo dapsilis	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus
Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Karl with the whipsnake	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus
Karl poses the whipsnake	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus	Scaling a tree after a Cateye Snake
Cateye Snake, Leptodeira annulata	Herping in the rain on a river trail	Frog in the canopy, possibly Hyla geographica	Poor shot of a Smooth Jungle Frog, Leptodactylus diedrus
Returning to the Nenita

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