Tag: Ecuador

Field Herping Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Field Herping Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

In contrast to the anaconda and caiman, some of the most interesting herps in this region are also the smallest. [...]
New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

The snake, Erythrolamprus darwinnunezi sp. nov. was found on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador in the Tropical Andes. [...]
New Coffee Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

New Coffee Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

The snake is often found in coffee plantations in areas in which its original habitat, cloud forests, have been removed and replaced by the plantation [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio Names New Snake Species After His Mother

Leonardo DiCaprio Names New Snake Species After His Mother

Researchers have discovered five arboreal snake species in the jungles of South America and Leonardo DiCaprio and Brian Sheth of Nature and Culture In [...]
Dwarf Boa New To Science Discovered In Ecuador’s Upper Amazon Basin

Dwarf Boa New To Science Discovered In Ecuador’s Upper Amazon Basin

Researchers have discovered and described a new species of dwarf boa of the family Tropidophiidae living high in the cloud forests of northeastern Ecu [...]
Three New Snakes of The Genus Atractus Discovered in Ecuador

Three New Snakes of The Genus Atractus Discovered in Ecuador

The new snakes, Atractus discovery, A. zgap, A. michaelsabini sp. nov. are native to Ecuador and Colombia. [...]
Two New Glass Frog Species Discovered In Ecuadorian Andes

Two New Glass Frog Species Discovered In Ecuadorian Andes

Both frogs are a translucent green in coloration with yellow spots and see through bellies. [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild Non-Profit To Help Rewild Galapagos Islands

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild Non-Profit To Help Rewild Galapagos Islands

An environmental organization cofounded by Leonardo DiCaprio this week announced that it will work, in partnership with the Galápagos National Park Di [...]
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