Craugastor Froglet
I returned earlier this week from a quick, wet and successful research trip to the rainforests of Eastern Panama and thought I’d share the least flashy of our finds with you all. Rain frogs of the genus Craugastor breed through ‘direct development’ — a reproductive strategy that does not involve a free-swimming tadpole stage. Their eggs are terrestrial and the young hatch as fully-formed tiny froglets – and by tiny, I mean TINY… Twan Leenders RTPI President
Read MoreWall of Rainforest
Here’s an early morning look into the entrance of Rara Avis Preserve, what photographer RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser always calls a breathtaking gaze at the entrance to a wall of rainforest. It is especially beautiful to look at on a cool, wet and cloudy March day.
Read MoreCosta Rica Night Sky
Spending long nights in the rainforest hunting rare frogs has its perks…apart from spending long nights in the rainforest hunting frogs, that is… Twan Leenders RTPI President
Read MoreRed-webbed Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rufitelus)
Although the weather was uncharacteristically hot and dry in Costa Rica during this last trip, many good species allowed themselves to be found for RTPI President Twan Leenders – including this Red-webbed Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rufitelus).
Read MoreFreshwater Crab
A nice example of how tropical rainforest ecosystems are equally complex underwater in rainforest streams as they are in the actual forest – no species exists in a vacuum. Note how an impressive number of hydras has found a cozy home on this freshwater crab… Photographed by RTPI President Twan Leenders for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project.
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