Wild Mandari

09/12/2025

Get • Sleeping in the rainforest can be tough, is incredible the amount of mosquitoes, wasps and other bugs trying to feed on these tiny screech owls

18/11/2025

Get • A pair of Syntomacris guttulosa grasshoppers mating at night in the lush vegetation of Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.
One of the things I love about finding animals during courtship is that you get to observe both the male and female at the same time. Why is that exciting? Because in many species, sexual dimorphism means the two sexes can look completely different—different sizes, colors, even unique structures like horns that the other lacks.
Seeing a pair together is often the best way to understand and identify both sexes of a species, especially when it’s new to you… or even new to science.

06/06/2025

Posted • Ctenid spider feeding on a katydid. A common scene in

16/04/2025

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Reproduction inédite ! 🐸🌿
Rencontrée dans la forêt tropicale d'Équateur, cette observation est une première : un amplexus entre deux espèces distinctes ! 🤯 La rainette marsupiale (Gastrotheca longipes) et la rainette géographique (Boana ventrimaculata) se sont unies dans ce spectacle naturel fascinant. 🌈✨

C’est probablement la première mention de cette interaction entre ces deux espèces, une découverte incroyable qui nous rappelle la richesse et les mystères de la biodiversité. 🌍💚

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Unprecedented reproduction! 🐸🌿
Found in the tropical forest of Ecuador, this observation is a first: an amplexus between two distinct species! 🤯 The marsupial tree frog (Gastrotheca longipes) and the geographic tree frog (Boana ventrimaculata) have come together in this fascinating natural spectacle. 🌈✨
This is probably the first mention of this interaction between these two species, an incredible discovery that reminds us of the richness and mysteries of biodiversity. 🌍💚

03/04/2025

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Incroyable découverte ! 🔥🐍

En bord de layon, une petite boule de la taille d’une pièce de 2€ passant inaperçu pour un bon nombre de prédateur et de personnes et pourtant ! Ce n’est pas un feuille mais bien un nouveau-né de Grage jacquot (Bothrops bilineatus) en pleine forêt amazonienne ! En équateur c’est la sous espèce smaragdinus qui différent de son congénère de l’est du continent.

Les inscriptions pour le trip herpeto 2026 sont désormais ouvertes ! Ne manquez pas l'occasion de vivre une aventure unique au cœur de la biodiversité. 🌎🐍

📩 Contactez-nous pour plus d'infos et réservez votre place dès maintenant ! 💚

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Incredible discovery! 🔥🐍
By the side of a path, a small ball the size of a 2€ coin goes unnoticed by many predators and people—but wait! It’s not a leaf, but a newborn Grage Jacquot (Bothrops bilineatus) in the heart of the Amazon rainforest! In Ecuador, it's the smaragdinus subspecies, which differs from its relative on the eastern side of the continent.
⚡ A gem for science and a reminder of the incredible richness of our biodiversity! 🌎



biodiversidad

01/04/2025

Posted • While exploring the phone archive, I’ve see this juvenile Avicularia from the Amazon rainforest. I’ve seen this guy for some years in the same palm.

20/02/2025

Posted • A wonderful weevil beetle I found in during my last visit. I love this beetle’s Family

22/01/2025

Did you know that the Podocnemis unifilis, also known as the South American river turtle or charapa (Spanish), is an important part of the Amazonian ecosystem? Unfortunately, these turtles are threatened by habitat loss and illegal egg collection.

That's why we're committed to protecting them! We have a project to protect the eggs of these turtles. Once the eggs hatch, we release the baby turtles into the river. This helps to ensure the survival of this species.

You can help protect the charapas by spreading the word about our project. The more people know about this issue, the more likely we are to make a difference.



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15/01/2025

07/01/2025

Posted • Megamind is real!
The pronotum or helmet of some treehoppers can be detached in case a predator try to hunt them, like in this Anchistrotus ap. , allowing them to scape. In the photo an adult is feeding on the sap of a plant.

26/12/2024

Posted • Anolis scypheus, known as the yellow-tongued or dim anole, is a fairly common forest-dwelling lizard in the western Amazonian region. They’re fairly hard to spot against the leaf litter, but we saw four total during our four-day stay in Yasuní National Park. Like other anoles, they have really interesting and colorful dewlaps, sporting red and blue patterns in contrast to their cryptic appearance
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