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The Adventure of the Black Caiman; boatloads of frogs and butterflies galore.

Emerald Moth, Racheospila cf ecuadoriata (Geometridae)	Tree fern?	Western Ribbon Coral Snake, Micrurus lemniscatus helleri This is the snake that got away :(	These kids brought us herps on multiple occasions.
Spotted Hatchet-faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus dorisae	Golden-nosed Treefrog, Hyla rossalleni	Golden-nosed Treefrog, Hyla rossalleni	Golden-nosed Treefrog, Hyla rossalleni
Golden-nosed Treefrog, Hyla rossalleni	Golden-nosed Treefrog, Hyla rossalleni	Pigmy Hatchet-faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus carneus	Pigmy Hatchet-faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus carneus
Pigmy Hatchet-faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus carneus	Paragon Moth, Paragonia sp (Geometridae)	Pigmy Marmoset	Birding by boat as we head for the Black Caiman lake
Gerald, Emerson, Skip and Caitlyn	Off to see the lizard (well, black caiman). Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Black-tailed Trogon	Black-tailed Trogon
Up the Rio Orosa. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	The Nenita	Muscovy Ducks	The trail runs through someone's field
Heading towards the forest	Smile Doug!	Smooth-banded Sister, Adelpha cytheria (Nymphalidae)	I like big buttresses and I cannot lie.
Crossing the creek on some slippery logs.	Crossing the creek on some slippery logs.	Crossing the creek on some slippery logs.	Unidentified butterfly on the underside of a leaf.
These boots have been some places.	Strangler Fig	Strangler Fig	Strangler Fig
Doug with Strangler Fig	Odd pod growing from the trunk	Flower adjacent to the odd pod	This trail was dicey in some places.
More dicey trail.	Black Caiman Lake! Unfortunately, the water lettuce has overgrown the lake and eaten all of the caiman.	Somebody's dugout	Cesar gives the dugout a try
Black Caiman Lake	Jicana	Through the forest. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Small patch of cultivation on the lake bank - don't know the fruit
Interesting fruit	Don't grab this.	Big strangled buttress.	Cool arrangement.
The forest is thick.	Black Caiman Lake.	Coolie Anartia amathea (Nymphalidae)	White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae (Nymphalidae)
White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae (Nymphalidae)	Long-tailed Skipper, Urbanus sp. (Hesperiidae)	Chicken trap.	No Caimans, but that was fun!
that was fun! Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Back to the landing. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Cesar extracts thorns from my hand. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Banded Water Snake, Helicops angulatus
Banded Water Snake, Helicops angulatus	Spotted Hatchet-faced Frog, Sphaenorhynchus dorisae	Juvenile Banded Calico Snake, Oxyrhopus petola digitalis. Opaque.	Juvenile Banded Calico Snake, Oxyrhopus petola digitalis. Opaque.
Juvenile Banded Calico Snake, Oxyrhopus petola digitalis. Opaque.	Big-headed Snail-eating Snake, Dipsas indica indica	Big-headed Snail-eating Snake, Dipsas indica indica	Big-headed Snail-eating Snake, Dipsas indica indica
Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira annulata annulata	Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira annulata annulata	Unicorn Katydid, Copiphora sp. (Copiphorinae)	Unicorn Katydid, Copiphora sp. (Copiphorinae)
Amphisbaena alba	Amphisbaena alba	Rough-skinned Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerascens (Formerly H. granosa)	Rough-skinned Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerascens (Formerly H. granosa)
Rough-skinned Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerascens (Formerly H. granosa)	Rough-skinned Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerascens (Formerly H. granosa)	Karl with a Whipsnake	Common Whipsnake Chironius exoletus
Common Whipsnake Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake Chironius exoletus	Common Whipsnake Chironius exoletus
Marbled Treefrog, Hyla marmorata	Marbled Treefrog, Hyla marmorata	Marbled Treefrog, Hyla marmorata	Marbled Treefrog, Hyla marmorata
Marbled Treefrog, Hyla marmorata	More thorn extraction. Photo courtesy of Doug Kranich.	Paragon Moth, Paragonia sp (Geometridae)	Fighter plane Sphingid of some sort.

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