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Manabi Biological Corridor - Progress 201030 viewsSeries of images showing Ceiba's progress towards creation of a biological corridor composed of private protected forests. The Lalo Loor reserve forms a key component of the corridor that stretches across Ecuador's Jama County, in the northern part of Manabi province. Apr 21, 2010
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Black-crowned Night-Heron28 viewsAlthough this photo was taken in California (see the pine?), the same species exists throughout the tropics, even in EcuadorMar 02, 2010
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Paramo lakes43 viewsHigh-elevation paramo habitat provides a crucial source of water to residents of Andean countries. This site, in Ecuador's Cayambe-Coca National Park, shows the true beauty of the upper paramo.Mar 02, 2010
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Trachycephalus jordani tree frog72 viewsThis "bony headed" tree frog was discovered on the ground at the Lalo Loor reserve. It has a curious anatomical feature: the skull is fused to the skin above it, giving the top of the frog's head a unique look.Mar 02, 2010
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Giant walking stick63 viewsCeiba staff discovered this enormous walking stick in the upper reaches of the Lalo Loor forest. No doctoring has been done to this picture!Mar 02, 2010
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Bosque Seco Lalo Loor66 viewsThe Lalo Loor Dry Forest -- in Spanish, the Bosque Seco Lalo Loor -- is now open! School groups, birdwatchers, scientists, tourists, we have something to offer everyone. Where else can you see howler monkeys just a few minutes after entering the forest?Mar 02, 2010
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Cotopaxi Volcano45 viewsOn a rare day the summit of Cotopaxi can be seen from the paramo below.Mar 02, 2010
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Blue Gentian flowers68 viewsDelicate flowers in the Gentian family grace the deep green cushion plants of the high Andean paramo.Mar 02, 2010
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Dry Forest Butterflies Poster59 viewsThis educational poster was created by Maria Fernanda Checa, a graduate student at the University of Florida studying butterflies at the Lalo Loor reserve.Mar 02, 2010
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Cath & Joe & Antisana54 viewsCeiba professors enjoy a welcome break, lying on the soft paramo cushion plants while towering Antisana Volcano pokes her snow-covered head out of the cloudsMar 02, 2010
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Chuquiragua shrub72 viewsThis high-altitude shrub (genus Chuquiraga) is used to make a tea that combats the effects of elevation; it also is the primary food source for the Ecuadorian Hillstar, one of the highest ranging hummingbirds in the country.Mar 02, 2010
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Dipsas gracilis82 viewsThis snail eating snake, photographed at night at the Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve, uses its flexibly and dislocating lower jaw to inch around the inside of a curled snail shell until it's lower teeth snag on the snail and pull it out to be eaten.Mar 02, 2010
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