No text for this brief entry. This is a continuation of the plant theme and discussion that I wrote about in the Sani Lodge – The Plants blog entry a few months back. The Caribbean slope of Costa Rica is incredibly rich in plants and subjects. If we hadn’t been catching so many snakes and […]

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At home I find myself drawn to frogs more frequently than snakes – well I should say when it comes to reading and studying about them. In the field though, snakes are what pushes me. I tell people that snakes are much harder to find or catch so the frogs get nabbed as simple by-catch. […]

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I’ve already mentioned the reptile and amphibian diversity of Ecuador. It is an amazing place to be sure. But for the reptile installment of this series I’m going to try something a little different. Instead of getting into the science of my finds I’m going to write about the encounters and the photo sessions. It […]

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Laguna Challuacocha as viewed looking westward from the lounge of Sani Lodge. With the introduction of the people of Sani complete I would now like to introduce the place.  The country of Ecuador is relatively small. Slightly larger than the US state of Oregon (or the UK for my Euro readers) in terms of area […]

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