Red-veined Dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa)

Red-veined Dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa)

The Red-veined Dropwing is one of an incredible 22 dragon- and damselfly species found on Socotra, which is quite a feat for an isolated island.


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

A downpour last night has made old and dry waterways yet again flowing with water and this caiman is old enough to remember. Thus it's waiting here where the…


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) eggs

With so many caimans I should have found many nests, but only found this one, so they hide their eggs very well - at leas for a human. It appeared it was…


Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)

This was one of many caimans resting on a sandbank island that is slowly disappearing in the rising waters. I was here for five days, and this was the only…


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

This group raided the mango trees like there was no tomorrow!


Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)

In this angle I think the name tufted is appropriate, but it's more commonly known as the brown capuchin. This one is naturally part of a larger group which is…


White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)

A group of spider monkeys was accompanying a group of capuchin monkeys. While the capuchins were busy raiding the mango trees in the garden of Cristalino…


Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Where there's water there's a caiman, and where there's a caiman there's a multitude of insects. Here a benign glittering sapphire (Lasaia agesilas) sits on it…


Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)

This lake is quite far from the Tuichi River and has no stream in or out, but the Caiman has found its way to this small and tranquil lake. The sun has set and…


Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

I haven't been able to find any resource describing which of these two distinctly different facial patterns are male and female, but I assume the first one is…