I'll start of with Panama. Most of the time was spent in the Bocas Del Toro region, although some trips were taken onto the mainland and the interior of the country. This was my first time visiting Central America and it definitely won't be my last. Biodiversity was extremely high and the locals were nothing but friendly. I went to Panama to take ITEC's Neotropical Herpetology course, loved every minute of it. It was a group effort finding all of the herps you'll see below.

Amphibians
Leptodactylus pentadactylus - These frogs are gorgeous...and huge! I've always dreamed of seeing one of these frogs.


Hyla colymba - Crazy looking colours and eyes.

Hyla phlebodes - Were quite abundant following heavy rains.


Hyla ebraccata

Bufo hematiticus

A glass frog - There was a huge down poor that last several hours, resulting in a fogged up DSLR.


Bufo coniferus


Rana vaillant

Agalychnis callidryas were one of the most abundant frogs. Everyone loved red eyes!



Craugastor spp.



Diasporus diastema

Bufo marinus

Gymnopis multiplicata

Everyone's favourite....including mine!
Oophaga pumilio













Phyllobates lugubris


Allobates talamancae

Silverstonia flotater

Dendrobates auratus - Poor photo, my camera did not enjoy the rain.

Lizards
Ameiva festiva

Ameiva quadrilineata

Ameiva spp.

Basiliscus basiliscus

Basiliscus vittatus


Basiliscus plumifrons

Corytophanes cristatus

Iguana iguana


Lepidophyma flavimaculatum

Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma

Thecadactylus rapicauda - This guy was amazing....and huge! Wish I had taken better photos.

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Gonatodes albogularis

Sphaerodactylus homolepis

Norops pentaprion


Norops lemurinus

Norops tropidolepis

Norops auratus

Norops biporcatus

Norops oxylophus

Norops humilis

Snakes
Pseustes poecilonotus

Leptophis ahaetulla

Mastigodryas melanolomus

Leptodeira septentrionalis

Geophis hoffmanni

Boa constrictor imperator

Imantodes cenchoa

Sibon annulata

Oxybelis aeneus

Cerrophidion godmani

Bothrops asper


Turtles and Caiman
Caiman crocodilus

Rhinoclemmys spp.

Rhinoclemmys annulata

Kinosternon leucostomum

Other notable animals
Howler Monkey


A few days after I returned to Canada I went to Stord, Norway for a couple days for my brother's wedding. Of course, herping was the first thing on my agenda. Not a lot of diversity but what they do have is several very interesting species.

Anguis fragilis were very common.


Bufo bufo

Vipera berus - I was only able to photograph this melanistic individual. Very flighty and defensive snake, very hard to photograph. Very happy to find this snake.


Once again I apologize for the large amount of photos, I hope you enjoyed them. I think I"ll stick to Canadian posts as they are a lot less painful to create, haha.