Entries by Christophe Pellet

The blind snake

We finally meet the famous blind snake, (Amphisbaena varia), a surprising animal. it’s not a snake or a lizard, it moves like a worm. It is well and truly reptiles of the family Amphisbaenidae. He is not venomous but has too much to bother him he can bite.

Beauty with red eyes

Yesterday we identified a new crystal frog in a village stream, La Cochranela Litoralis. A thank you to Daniel Restrepo González – Fotógrafo for immortalizing this little beauty with red eyes.      

Community tourism

This Saturday in the village we organized a presentation on community tourism, the idea is to create an association to be able to mount projects. Thanks to Galindo Parra, Paolo David Escobar and Monica Coque for their participation.

Boa

Good news that we want to share, this week villagers from our village called us to pick up a Boa constrictor they found in a banana field. It is a joy to see that they have saved this species in danger, a great step forward in raising awareness of the area’s wildlife protection. Now this […]

New amphibian

New register for our list of amphibians, now the number rises to 26. The genus is Epicrionops of the family Rhinatrematidae, we have to identify the species.

Migration period

It’s a good time to start observing migratory species, here are the first ones to arrive at the garden.       Mourning warbler                                                     Scarlet Tanager Swainson’s Trush

The song of the frog

We finally managed to record the song of the Pristimantis ornatissimus. This week we have identified 5 individuals living next to the main house, it is a pleasure to be able to observe them at night in the leaves of Camachos.