AMAZON
May 2005
11 of 11
AMAZON
May 2005
11 of 11
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In addition to what we and our crew found, local villagers (usually children) would bring animals for us to
photograph. Once word got out there were gringos who would swap tee-shirts and baseball caps for herps, we had a
small stream of friendly folks who stopped by to show us what they’d caught.
One villager even flagged us down from shore while we were cruising the river at night. He’d caught something
in his fishing net, and was holding it up for us to see. We gratefully accepted his offer, and the next morning we
photographed the last herp of our trip.
It was an exhausting, exhilarating week. I loved being sequestered so deep in the wilderness, exploring the river
and rainforest at any time, everywhere surrounded by new discoveries. It was a herper’s dream ― occasionally
awakened by screaming rats ― but I miss even those.
Crocodile Tegu
Crocodilurus amazonicus
Spectacled Caiman
Caiman crocodilus
Green-Striped Vine Snake
Xenoxybelis argenteus
Mata-Mata
Chelus fimbriatus
Western Twist-Necked Turtle
Platemys platycephalus
Northern Caiman Lizard
Dracaena guianensis
