MAMMALS (in order of appearance):
Capybara in the Pantanal |
Capybara
South American Coati*
White-lipped Peccary*
Crab-eating Raccoon*
Collared Peccary
Brown Brocket Deer*
Brazilian Rabbit*
Crab-eating Fox*
Ocelot*
Red Brocket Deer*
Azara's Agouti
Bulldog Bat sp.
Black Howler Monkey*
Black-tailed Marmoset*
Brown Capuchin*
Giant Otter
Greater Sac-winged Bat*
Neotropical Otter*
Yellow Armadillo*
* indicates a new species for me
Danika also saw a small mouse-sized rodent on one of our spotlight trips.
Hoped for, but missed mammals include giant anteater, tapir and the aforementioned jaguar. We found jaguar tracks almost every day in the Pantanal.
Young coati crossing the road |
Brown Capuchin digging insects out of a tree limb |
I think my mammal highlight was the ocelot (the giant otters were a close second, but I will do a
Our safari vehicle |
Ocelot in the Pantanal of Brazil |
Brazilian ocelot |
Amazon Kingfisher, Brazilian Pantanal |
Burrowing Owl standing guard |
Black-collared Hawk |
Caiman vocalizing |
Teghu lizard |
Lizard in the Pantanal |
Paraguay River |
Iguana roused from his basking by a bird |
Help me identify this snake please! |
Large tree frog in our bathroom |
Fish: Let me first say that we were served remarkable fish dishes every day at every lodge. We ate more kinds of fish prepared in more ways than I knew were possible. One lodge started dinner each night with a piranha soup/stew. We also ate dourado, pacu. pintado and a few others I cannot remember. While we were on the Paraguay River, fish were always breaking the surface and we passed many anglers, most of which were on guided trips of their own. But our fish adventures left the dinner table when we snorkeled at two fresh water springs. This gave us a chance to try out the new GoPro camera I received for Father's Day.
Swimming with the fishes
Over the next several weeks I hope to write more entries about our Pantanal adventure. But I had four camera traps out while we were away and Monday I leave for Massachusetts to take some data on black bear sign with my students. And then.... well, you can see there is never a shortage of things to write about and not even time to do it all!
Well....without looking anything up in a book (since they are all at the office right now....)
ReplyDeleteThe lizard (the one that isn't a Tegu) appears to be an Ameiva of some sort. The turtle is a Podocnemis sp. (not sure which one, though), the frog is a Cuban Treefrog (I think), but the snake has me stumped. It's definitely not a Fer De Lance or Bushmaster....but I'm not an expert on South American herps.
I'll see if I can find someone who can recognize it.....
I agree with Trailblazer that the non-tegu lizard is an Amevia. I think the snake may a meber of Liophis, but I think it has to be in Colubridae. Its not one of the boids and I don't recognize it as one of the elapids or vipers. Great puzzle.
ReplyDeleteDavid Steen at "Living With Wildlife" (look for his blog on my blog roll" is a herper extraordinaire!
ReplyDeleteAlso, such CRYPTIC coloration on the ocelot!
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