Guyana-End of the Year wrap up (Warning LOTS OF IMAGES)

[Asnyder]

Some may recall my previous posts this June which included a collection of many of my herp images from my previous Guyana trips (http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... lit=Guyana, http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... lit=Guyana, http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... lit=Guyana). Since June I have returned two more times, once this summer for my own personal research, and then again in October as the herpetologist for my third Biodiversity Assessment Team expedition with Global Wildlife Conservation/World Wildlife Fund-Guianas. I had far less time for photography on these expeditions, especially in situ shots, but did the best that I could. I hope you guys appreciate the shots on white as well!

Instead of separating posts into taxa or region, I'm just going to put everything below. Hope you enjoy!

-Andrew
SNAKES

Bushmaster (Lachesis muta)
Bushmaster
Bushmaster
Bushmaster
DSC_4903

Rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria)
Rainbow boa
DSC_7945
DSC_7951

Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulanus)
Amazon tree boa
DSC_8384

Coral Snake (Micrurus lemniscatus)
Micrurus_lemniscatus

Blunthead tree snake (Imantodes cenchoa)
Blunt-headed tree snake

Parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla)
Parrot snake
DSC_5722

Ratonel (Pseudoboa neuwideii)
Ratonel

Amazon banded snake (Rhinobothryium lentiginosum)
Amazon banded snake
Amazon banded snake

False coral snake (Erythrolamprus aesculapii)
False Coral
DSC_8411

Atractus trilineatus
Atractus_trilineatus

Water snake (Helicops angulatus)
Water snake

Olive Whipsnake (Chironius fuscus)
Olive Whipsnake
DSC_8233

Thread snake (Epictia albifrons)
Thread snake
DSC_6887
DSC_6881

Highland Racer (Drymoluber dichrous)
Highland Racer


Amphibians:

Clown tree frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)
Clown tree frog
Dendropsophus_leucophyllatus1

Elachistocleis suranimensis
DSC_3544
Elachistocleis_surinamensis
Elachistocleis_surinamensis1

Lysapsus laevis
Lysapsus by Andrew Snyder Photography, on Flickr

Three-striped poison frog (Ameerega trivittata)
Three Striped Poison Frog
Three Striped Poison Frog

Rocket Frog (Allobates femoralis)
Rocket frog
Rocket frog

Rough skinned tree frog (Hypsiboas cinerascens)
Untitled
Hypsiboas_cinerascens

Myer's Thin Toed Frog (Leptodactylus myersi)
Myers' Thin Toed Frog

Gladiator Tree frog (Hypsiboas boans)
Gladiator tree frog
Gladiator tree frog
Frog nest

Map Tree frog (Hypsiboas geographicus)
Map tree frog
DSC_8145

Giant Waxy Monkey Tree frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
Phyllomedusa

Giant Waxy monkey tree frog

Manaus Slender-legged frog (Osteocephalus taurinus)
Osteocephalus
DSC_8236

Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa)
Surinam Toad

Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Cane toad

Crested Toad (Rhinella martyi)
Camo

Pristimantis zeuctotylus
DSC_7369

Adenomera andrae
Adenomera andrae

Dendropsophus cf. minisculus
Dendropsophus minisculus

Physalaeumus cuvieri
Physalaemus_cuvieri

Scinax sp.
Scinax_sp

Leptodactylus/Lithodytes lineatus
Leptodactylus_lineatus
Leptodactylus_lineatus1

Knudsen's thin toed frog (Leptodactylus knudseni) juvenile
Leptodactylus_knudseni


LIZARDS

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
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Green Iguana

Lava lizard (Tropidurus hispidus)
Lava Lizard
Lava lizard

Blue lipped tree lizard (Plica umbra)
DSC_3470

Anolis punctatus
Anolis

TORTOISES
Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata)
Yellow-footed tortoise
Crossing the Road

CAIMAN
Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
Black caiman

Dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus)
DSC_4254

HABITAT/LANDSCAPE
Untitled
Blackwater Creek
Let there be light
Rupununi River
DSC_2005
Rupununi River
DSC_4123
Ants Creek
Burned forest
Bai Shan Lin Road
Habitat

INVERTEBRATES
Burgundy Bird-eater (Theraphosa stirmi)
Burgundy bird eater
Burgundy Bird eater

Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)
Bullet Ant


Tarantula hawk with prey
Tarantula Hawk

Longhorn Beetle (Macrodontia cervicornis)
Macrodontia cervicornis
Longhorn composite

Katydid (Cnemidophyllum sp.)
Katydid by Andrew Snyder Photography, on Flickr

Microthyria sp.
Dragonfly

[Ruxs]

Amazing post, great animals, but I was actually most pleased with the habitat/landscape shots, as most posts from south america tend not to include any - these were fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[Asnyder]

Amazing post, great animals, but I was actually most pleased with the habitat/landscape shots, as most posts from south america tend not to include any - these were fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

Glad you liked them. I certainly have plenty more habitat/landscape shots but figured I'd give just a taste.

[bgorum]

Very nice! I really appreciate that your in the field shots have some background detail. So often pictures from the tropics have that pitch black, dead of night look to them. Yours are a refreshing change from that, plus they are very nicely composed!

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Outstanding! I'm also a big fan of those landscapes shots (as well as the rest, of course), as I'm guilty of what Ruxs pointed out. Not always easy to make these shots in dense jungle, so more praise to you!

[Asnyder]

Thanks guys, really glad you enjoy looking at them!

[mfb]

Great stuff! Were you collecting specimens or tissues as well as photos?

[Asnyder]

Great stuff! Were you collecting specimens or tissues as well as photos?

- I was in fact, that's the main reason I go to Guyana, though the photography has become an important gig for me too now. I actually just got back the other day from depositing two collecting trips worth to the Smithsonian.

[Mike Pingleton]

Just wonderful! It's hard to top a Lachesis, but that Hypsiboas boans "nest" is an awesome thing to see.

Great photos - those little blackwater creeks really call to me

-Mike

[Asnyder]

Just wonderful! It's hard to top a Lachesis, but that Hypsiboas boans "nest" is an awesome thing to see.

Great photos - those little blackwater creeks really call to me

-Mike

Thanks Mike! I agree, it really is hard to top Lachesis, I was really fortunate to get good tissue samples of them this summer. The one in the pic, shed scales from another, and a hatched nest as well (babies long gone). The boans' nests are always cool, I've seen them in so many different substrates now-sand, mud, leaves in rivers stuck along logs-they are always impressive!

[Hans Breuer (twoton)]

What glory. Some absolutely outstanding stuff, outstandingly photographed.

[Asnyder]

What glory. Some absolutely outstanding stuff, outstandingly photographed.

Thanks Hans! Glad you enjoyed them!

[AndyO'Connor]

Great post, Fantastic mix of animals in habitat, on white showing diagnostics, and beautiful landscape. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[walk-about]

Amazing post Andrew. The False Coral and Slender legged frog are incredible, but the Bushmaster is the 'absolute' of all snakes. So much variation in coloration from the few specimens I have seen posted here on FHF. For such a well known snake, at least historically speaking, I can not think of but a few times I have actually seen them posted here. Thanks.

Dave

[herpseeker1978]

Love the tropics! Hope to herp there someday!

Thanks for posting!
Josh

[Asnyder]

Thanks Andy and Josh!

Amazing post Andrew. The False Coral and Slender legged frog are incredible, but the Bushmaster is the 'absolute' of all snakes. So much variation in coloration from the few specimens I have seen posted here on FHF. For such a well known snake, at least historically speaking, I can not think of but a few times I have actually seen them posted here. Thanks.

Dave

They are always an absolute for me! It's probably the only species I still get butterflies with whenever I encounter one. They are quite variable, from pale tan to deep orange. Glad that I can help keep the posting numbers rising!

[Mike VanValen]

Awesome stuff! The boa on the edge of the waterhole The pipa And the inclusion of turtles and crocodilians are the cherry on top of an already great post.

[Barry R]

Awesome! Love the Bushmaster and Caimans

[Asnyder]

Awesome stuff! The boa on the edge of the waterhole The pipa And the inclusion of turtles and crocodilians are the cherry on top of an already great post.

Thanks Mike! I'm sure I have a few more turtle images, I'm just so far behind on image editing.

And thanks Barry!

[Roki]

To say your posts are amazing, inspiring, and that I am insanely jealous of what you are able to do to pay the bills falls short of the truth. Looks like a great time. Thanks again for sharing. Someday I need to figure out a way to get down there.
Roki