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  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY3878 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY4020 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Yellow or Six-banded Armadillo<br />
Euphractus sexcinctus<br />
Cerrado Habitat. Piaui State, BRAZIL. South America<br />
Range; Guianas to Argentina
    106362 Yellow or 6-banded Armadillo .tif
  • Spix's Guan<br />
Penelope jacquacu<br />
Madre de Dios, Amazon Rain Forest, PERU.  South America<br />
RANGE: Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
    1084949 Spix's guan.tif
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY4024 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY3857 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Emerald tree boa (Corallus canina (caninus)) Adult showing thermoreceptors between the labial scales These termoreceptors are well developed in the Corallus family and they are very heat-sensitive snakes.<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Non-venemous snake whose name means long 'canines'. They eat small mammals and birds and need big teeth to get through the fur or feathers. They are arboreal snakes, usually found in bushes adjacent to water courses, swamps and marshes in the rain forest. Nocturnal snakes that spend the day draped in symmetrical coils over branches.  Their prehensile tail assurs a firm grip.  They give birth to live young and the young are terra cotta, reddish-orange in colour.  Geographic Range: Amazon Basin of Peru and Ecuador, east through Brazil and Bolivia to the Guianas.
    18062_Emerald_tree_boa.jpg
  • Orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica)<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
RANGE: e Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, n Bolivia and e Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago.
    22599_Orange-winged_parrot.jpg
  • Great Horned Owl<br />
Bubo virginianus<br />
GUYANA, South America<br />
RANGE; Guianas, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador
    SPX 386 Owl's face.tif
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    1SA1979 Mauritia Palm.jpg
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw on Clay Lick<br />
Ara severa<br />
Clay Lick, Heath River, Border PERU & BOLIVIA.  South America<br />
RANGE: Tropical e Panama to Guianas, n Bolivia to Amazon Brazil
    1084954 Chestnut front.tif
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY3467 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock<br />
Rupicola rupicola<br />
Rain Forest, GUYANA.  South America<br />
RANGE; E Colombia, S Venezuela, Guianas & Amazon Brazil
    1084922 Guianan C-o-t-Rock.jpg
  • Emerald tree boa (Corallus canina (caninus)) Adult showing thermoreceptors between the labial scales These termoreceptors are well developed in the Corallus family and they are very heat-sensitive snakes.<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Non-venemous snake whose name means long 'canines'. They eat small mammals and birds and need big teeth to get through the fur or feathers. They are arboreal snakes, usually found in bushes adjacent to water courses, swamps and marshes in the rain forest. Nocturnal snakes that spend the day draped in symmetrical coils over branches.  Their prehensile tail assurs a firm grip.  They give birth to live young and the young are terra cotta, reddish-orange in colour.  Geographic Range: Amazon Basin of Peru and Ecuador, east through Brazil and Bolivia to the Guianas.
    18062_Emerald_tree_boa.jpg
  • Red Howler Monkey<br />
Alouatta seniculus<br />
Madre de Dios, Amazon Rain Forest, PERU  South America<br />
RANGE: East of Andes, Colomibia, Venezuela, Guianas, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia & Brazil
    1085093 Red Howler monkey.tif
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY4009 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock<br />
Rupicola rupicola<br />
Rain Forest, GUYANA.  South America<br />
RANGE; E Colombia, S Venezuela, Guianas & Amazon Brazil
    1084922 Guianan C-o-t-Rock.jpg
  • Mauritia Palm (Mauritia flexuosa)<br />
Aerial views over Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
INDIGENOUS TO GUIANAS
    2GY4020 Mauritia Palms.jpg
  • Toco Toucan at Nest with food for chick<br />
Ramphastos toco toco<br />
Cerrado Habitat. Piaui State, BRAZIL.  South America<br />
Range: Guianas to N. Argentina
    106842 Toco Toucan at Nest.tif
  • Amazon River Dolphin or Boto or Pink river Dolphin<br />
Inia geoffrensis<br />
Mamiraua Flooded Forest, BRAZIL<br />
RANGE: Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin & Madeira River
    1072767 Pink river dolphins.tif
  • Giant Otter Swimming<br />
Pteronura brasiliensis<br />
Rupunini,  GUYANA.  South America<br />
RANGE: Tropical South America, East of Andes
    1084955 Giant river otter.tif
  • Emerald Tree Boa<br />
Corallus caninus<br />
Amazon Rain Forest, ECUADOR   South America
    1084957 Emerald tre boa.jpg
  • Sugarcane Plantations & empty Canal Punts<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5442 Sugarcane Plantations & Punt...jpg
  • St George's Cathedral<br />
Georgetown - Capital of Guyana<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA
    2GY5222 St George's Cathedral.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5051 Georgetown & Seawall.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5042 Georgetown & Seawall.jpg
  • Georgetown - Captial of Guyana<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5020 Georgetown.jpg
  • Sugarcane Plantations & empty Canal Punts<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5442 Sugarcane Plantations & Punt...jpg
  • Black Caiman on riverbank<br />
Melanosuchus niger<br />
On Riverbank of Manu River, Manu National Park, PERU<br />
South America.<br />
RANGE: Amazon & Orinoco Basin
    1033165 Black caiman.tif
  • Amazon or Common tree boa (Corallus hortulanus) <br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
Non-venemous snake. They eat small mammals and birds and juveniles eat frogs. They are arboreal, nocturnal snakes that spend the day draped in coils over branches.  Their prehensile tail assurs a firm grip.  They give birth to live young and the young.  Geographic Range: Southern Central America and South America
    20175_Amazon_tree_boa.tif
  • Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Male. WILD<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: South America, E of Andes from n colombia to s Brazil, n Argentina and Paraguay, including Amazonia and Orinoco tropical forest basins.  They habit lowland rain forest and lower montaine forest from sea level to 1,700 meters (5,600 ft). <br />
Over hunting by humans and forest destruction is causing their numbers to decline dramatically and they are now classified as near threatened. They are predictable as they use well defined paths to water, where they spend large amounts of time either fully submerged or mud-wallowing. They live on average of 30 years with the female giving birth on average of 1 young every two years. These are the heaviest wild land mammals in South America.
    23013_Brazilian_tapir.jpg
  • St George's Cathedral<br />
Georgetown - Capital of Guyana<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA
    2GY5243 St George's Cathedral.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5182 Georgetown & Seawall.jpg
  • Giant Otter eating fish<br />
Pteronura brasiliensis<br />
Rupununi. GUYANA.  South America<br />
RANGE: East of Andes.  Colombia to N. Argentina
    1084930 Giant otter feeding.tif
  • Emerald Tree Boa Juvenile<br />
Corallus Caninus<br />
Iwokrama Reserve, GUYANA, South America
    1084958 Emerald Tree boa J.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5205 Georgetown & Sea Wall.jpg
  • The Harbour Bridge crossing Damerara River.<br />
World's largest pontoon bridge<br />
Georgetown - Capital of Guyana<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5152 The Harbour Bridge.jpg
  • Stabroek Market & Taxis<br />
Georgetown<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5130 Stabroek Market.jpg
  • Stabroek Market & Taxis<br />
Georgetown<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5129 Stabroek Market.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5038 Georgetown & Seawall.jpg
  • Rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria) <br />
Tena, Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR, South America<br />
All rainbow boas have dazzling irridescence of their skin.<br />
Found in forests, woodlands and savannahs adjact to forests.<br />
Non-venemous snake. They eat small mammals and birds and juveniles eat frogs.  Very strong constrictors and reach to a length of about 2 meters.  They give birth to live young.  Geographic Range: S. Venezuela, Guyana so Suriname through Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
    20691_Rainbow_boa.tif
  • Sugarcane Plantations<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5366 Sugarcane Plantations.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5205 Georgetown & Sea Wall.jpg
  • Georgetown & Sea Wall<br />
Georgetown built below sea level<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY5071 Georgetown & Seawall.jpg
  • Emerald Tree Boa<br />
Corallus caninus<br />
Amazon Rain Forest, ECUADOR   South America
    1084957 Emerald tre boa.jpg
  • Giant Otter<br />
Pteronura brasiliensis<br />
Pantanal. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE; East of Andes, Colombia to N. Argentina
    1084931 Giant otter.tif
  • Giant Otter on River Bank<br />
Pteronura brasiliensis<br />
Rupununi, GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE; East of Andes, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana to Argentina
    1084929 Giant otter.tif
  • Emerald Tree Boa Juvenile<br />
Corallus Caninus<br />
Iwokrama Reserve, GUYANA, South America
    1084958 Emerald Tree boa J.jpg
  • Toco Toucan<br />
Ramphastos toco<br />
Pantanal. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Guianas, Brazil. Paraguay, Bolivia & Argentina
    1072792 Toco toucan.tif
  • Tepuis<br />
Guiana Shield<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY4308 Tepuis.jpg
  • Tepuis<br />
Guiana Shield<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY4325 Tepuis.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_64.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_59.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_57.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_55.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_57.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_62.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151201_Brown_Capuchin_12.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151129_Brown_Capuchin_44.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151129_Brown_Capuchin_45.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151128_Brown_Capuchin_51.jpg
  • Brown (Tufted) Capuchin (Sapajus apella)<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151129_Brown_Capuchin_43.jpg
  • Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes certhia)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests of the Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas in the northeast, (Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). The countries surrounding the basin at the Andes are southern Colombia and Venezuela, also Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
    TIP10618 Amazonian Barred-woodcreepe...jpg
  • Crimson Topaz Hummingbird (Topaza pella)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. Brazil and Guianas
    1RW284 Crimson Topaz Hummingbird.jpg
  • Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) nest building<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Open woodland, scrub and gardens. Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and parts of northern Brazil and Bonaire.
    BN5772_Yellow_Oriole_Nest_building.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) yearlings having one or more toes removed for future ID. This will indicate the year they were released. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning
    OR1466_Giant_River_Turtle_Toe_Markin...jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after laying. <br />
REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
La Playita Beach, Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR963_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) ashore to lay eggs. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Pararuma Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR432_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
IUCN: VULNERABLE<br />
RANGE: Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Its range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.
    1RW1560 Brazilian Tapir.jpg
  • Black Caiman on Riverbank<br />
Melanosuchus niger<br />
Manu River, Manu National Park, PERU  South America<br />
RANGE: Throughout Amazon Basin and Guianas
    1059019 Black Caiman.tif
  • Scarlet Macaw<br />
Ara macao<br />
Manu National Park, PERU.  South America<br />
RANGE:  SE Mexico south to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Guianas
    1050673 Scarlet macaw.tif
  • Black Curassow (Crax alector)<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil
    3GY790 Black Curassow.jpg
  • Lobetoothed Piranha (Pygopristis denticulata) in Aquatic Vegetation<br />
Permanant Freshwater Pond<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco River Basin, Guianas & Lower Amazon River.
    1SA2037.jpg
  • Demon Fish or Eartheater (Satanoperca leucosticta) in Aquatic Vegetation<br />
Permanant Freshwater Pond<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco River Basin, Guianas & Lower Amazon River.
    1SA2028 Demon Fish.jpg
  • Giant Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica)  LARGEST LILY<br />
Permanent ponds in Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River and floodplains of Guianas
    2GY3437 Giant Amazon Water Lily.jpg
  • Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1RW696 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter Eating Fish (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA1163 Giant Otter Eating Fish.jpg
  • Giant Otter Eating Fish (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA795 Giant Otter Eating Fish.jpg
  • Giant Otter on River Beach (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA767 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) CAPTIVE<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
Range: Panama, Guianas, Trinidad,Colombia south  to Amazonian Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay
    28191_Blue_&_yellow_macaw.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) after laying eggs. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning t
    OR1593_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) being carried by Jose Belmejo. <br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8  weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1118_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Jose Belmejo Turning over to keep til daylight.<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_86.jpg
  • Green Severum (Heros severus) in Aquatic Vegetation<br />
Permanant Freshwater Pond<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon Basin and Guianas<br />
Common aquarium fish in pet trade
    1SA2069 Green Severum.jpg
  • Giant Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) flower<br />
LARGEST LILY<br />
Permanent ponds in Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River and floodplains of Guianas
    1SA1771 Giant Amazon Water Lily.jpg
  • Common Potoo day time Roost<br />
Nyctibius griseus griseus<br />
Cerrado Habitat.  BRAZIL.  South America<br />
Range; Colombia, Guianas, Trinidad to Brazil and Argentina
    106140 Common Potoo.tif
  • Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1RW681 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter on River Beach (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA727 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Tracks (Podocnemis expansa)  <br />
CITES II VULNERABLE.<br />
Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to ......  They lay when the river is at its lowest. They are Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds.<br />
HABITAT: exposed.RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Monitored from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Sylvestre, Zona de Protecion de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to one person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR2842_Giant_River_Turtle_Tracks.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) yearlings being held by Hidalgo Hector Tovar <br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female they find that has layed eggs and is returning
    OR2884_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Green Severum (Heros severus) in Aquatic Vegetation<br />
Permanant Freshwater Pond<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon Basin and Guianas<br />
Common aquarium fish in pet trade
    1SA2160 Green Severum.jpg
  • Giant Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica)  LARGEST LILY<br />
Permanent ponds in Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River and floodplains of Guianas
    1SA1732 Giant Amazon Water Lily.jpg
  • Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1RW690 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Diane McTurk & Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Karanambu Otter Trust for re-introduction<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA1266 Diane McTurk & Giant Otter.jpg
  • Diane McTurk & Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Karanambu Otter Trust for re-introduction<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA1253 Diane McTurk & Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter on River Beach (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA1179 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA1089 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter on River Beach (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA758 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Giant Otter on River Beach (Pteronura brasiliensis) HABITUATED. Part of Karanambu Otter Trust to be reabilitated.<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Orinoco, Amazon, and Guianas river systems<br />
IUCN: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    1SA672 Giant Otter.jpg
  • Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: Panama, Guianas, Trinidad,Colombia south  to Amazonian Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay
    20011022_Blue_and_Yellow_Macaw_32.jpg
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