Marty’s photo of the day #3569: This is a leaf-mimic lizard, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
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Anaconda dreams
Marty’s photo of the day #3545: A full-grown anaconda can weigh up to 500 pounds, qualifying it as the world’s heaviest snake. It can also reach 28 feet in length. This one wasn’t quite that big. Okay, it wasn’t even big enough to do damage to anything larger than a rat. Still, it was an […]
Paddling in the rainy season
Marty’s photo of the day #3499: Deb paddles her little dugout through the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. I took this photo during the rainy season. Had it been the dry season, she would have been on solid ground.
So tiny!
Marty’s photo of the day #3491: A tiny green tree frog sits on a finger in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Whipsnake
Monkey lizard
Marty’s photo of the day #3452: Here’s a monkey lizard. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Black caiman
Marty’s photo of the day #3451: This little cutie is a baby black caiman. If all goes well, this caiman will reach sixteen feet in length. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Hey Mike Pence!
Marty’s photo of the day #3393: Hey Mike Pence! If you’re going to sit around with a bug on your head, at least do it with style. Otherwise people will just think you’re a turd. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Amazon walking stick
A painful Amazon welcome
Marty’s photo of the day #3381: I had wanted to visit the Amazon Rainforest ever since I was a kid. So when Deb and I traveled there for an adventure to be included in my first book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” I was excited to head out on my first Amazon […]
Look closely
Marty’s photo of the day #3358: Look closely—there are two walking sticks in this picture. Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Monkey frog
Rainforest fungi
A marine toad named Barr
Marty’s photo of the day #3277: Marine toads are the world’s largest species of toad. This guy, will call him “Barr,” was quickly released before he started eating everything in the boat. (Barr was photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)
Leaf-mimic frog
Marty’s photo of the day #3276: I photographed this leaf-mimic-frog in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. How’s that for some impressive camouflage?
Walking stick
Heliconia
Giant ceiba borer beetle
Marty’s photo of the day #3245: Here’s a giant ceiba borer beetle that I photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. This beetle is three inches long!
Leaf-mimic frog
Marty’s photo of the day #3238: Here’s a leaf-mimic frog, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
The finer points of bubble blowing
Marty’s photo of the day #3234: Sometimes it’s just nice to look at a photo that makes you smile. This is my wife, Deb, teaching Yagua children the finer points of bubble blowing. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru)