Reptiles & Amphibians
Red Frogs
May 09, 2008 Filed in: Photographs
Here is one of the red frogs from on our trail. A
graduate student from Michigan is studying our frogs
and a variety of their characteristics here at the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She says they
are prolific - she grabbed a group of males and females
and has put them to stud service. She will return our
frogs to us and the offspring will be studied for some
time.
Boys will be boys - times 2
May 02, 2008 Filed in: Photographs
Corin as I described in the last post - was really into
snakes. He and his family went fishing with Jim one day
when another group was going to Punta Valiente. Corin
was really bummed because he wanted to go over to the
mainland where he could be looking for some serious
snakes. Jay knew how important the snake hunting was to
Corin and being a snake enthusiast himself, he brought
back an eyelash viper for Corin to see. The snake was
treated cautiously and carefully. He was removed from
his mayonnaise jar home only for a few photos and then
he was returned several days later to Punta Valiente
with the next group.