A spider and her spiderlings
Tag Archives: NAPIRE
More ground anoles
Norops polylepis seen elsewhere on Montegraphia:
Emerald glass frogs in amplexis
Two pair of Emerald Glass Frogs (Centrolenidae: Centrolenella prosoblepon), in amplexis, readying themselves to release their gamates.
On some of the images, you can see a small blue-ish spike that is anterior to the male’s forelegs. This spike is diagnostic of the genus and is used by males to compete for mates.
First day in the field for NAPIRE
A visit to Cerro
Hypericum irazuense
A Costa Rican St. John’s Wort common in Paramo habitat, high in the mountains, above the tree line.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000602/
White and Black Lichens
Two Ericaceae of Cerro
Unrippened blueberries and a relative from Cerro de la Muerte.
Bamboo of Páramo habitat
Some of the bamboo in the high elevation habitat at Cerro de La Muerte.
Night time Cercropia
