A brilliant female Sceloporus variabilis
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Tag Archives: Palo Verde
Some fungus
Milk tree-frog
Trachecephalus venulosa secretes a really nasty, whitish, irritant when handled. I haven’t experienced it, but a couple folks here think it’s a devil.
Paul’s boa
| This was Paul’s first wild-caught Boa constrictor (that he caught himself). It turned out to be a very aggressive male, unlike Eba, our temporary pet boa who is now healthy and free. This boa bit Paul in the hand, leaving behind two teeth, one of which became slightly infected. Soon, after the bite, the snake escaped its bucket before Paul was able to get a photograph with it. A few days later, he found it in between the roof and the ceiling and finally got his photo. |  |
Rain at MINAE
Sometimes it rains elsewhere.
Leptodactylus poecilochilus
This is one of the most common Leptodactylid frogs caught in the drift fences Mahmood has set up. The other, Leptodactylus melanonotus, is more common, but both are only slightly bigger than a spring peeper or other Pseudacris.
Get-away
Last weekend, I went to Santa Rosa National Park for a couple of hours. After staying the night in a hotel near the park, we went to a jelly fish infested beach, wandered around for a few hours and returned to the island that is Palo Verde.
More stilts
They’re fun to photograph.
Bags and Bags
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Now there is plenty of Neptunia. I collected several bags for decomposition. The Neptunia appears to be reaching for the light.
Eichhornia collection
Yesterday, I had the greatly appreciated help of several individuals that came along with the Tropical Biology OTS course. Pictured in the foreground are Abbie and Amanda, and in the background, Justin and Stevland. Not pictured is Mo Donnelly.
They fearlessly helped collect living Eichhornia at the crocodile-infested waters at the Catalina sector wetland for placement in competition enclosures in Palo Verde. The bags full of hyacinth are shown in the other picture.
