Chasing snakes and light in the verdant cloud forest of Ecuador's west Andean slope.

Mindo, Pichincha, 2007.
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  • Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Equatorial Mussurana (Clelia equatoriana), a powerful nocturnal predator of pit-vipers, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Equatorial Mussurana (Clelia equatoriana), a powerful nocturnal predator of pit-vipers, close-up, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Rain frogs (Eleutherodactylus sp.), in amplexus, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Eyelash Palm-pitviper (Bothriechis schlegelii), neonate, showing caudal luring behaviour, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Ctenid spider (Ctenidae), Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Guayaba or Guava Trees (Psidium guajava), Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Harvestman (Order Opiliones), subduing Geometrid caterpillar at night, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.
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  • Equatorial Anole (Anolis aequatorialis), sleeping on leaf at night in rain, Mindo, west slope of Andes, Ecuador.