Colombia trip photos - Page 2

Julio · #11 (**permalink**) 08-25-2010, 01:22 PM

great pics thanks for sharing, now these frogs are at a thread in their natural habitat, why spend the time purposely hybidizing animals instead of keeping them pure?

JeremyHuff · #12 (**permalink**) 08-25-2010, 04:06 PM

The insect larva is a Tipulidae fly. It has a siphon at one end for capturing prey.

tclipse · #13 (**permalink**) 08-26-2010, 02:59 AM

Thanks for the info on the sylvatica/histo mixup, that's what I thought originally but the student who showed us around said they were sylvatica so I went with it. I should have just read the label on the tank

I'd edit it if I could.

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Originally Posted by Julio

great pics thanks for sharing, now these frogs are at a thread in their natural habitat, why spend the time purposely hybidizing animals instead of keeping them pure?

It was part of a color vs. hybridization study being performed by the University... most of the tanks contained pure frogs and were labelled carefully to avoid mixing things up. I'm typically against hybrids as well, but things were done carefully enough to quell any doubts I would have. I really have no issue with it being done in the scientific arena for true research purposes, as I'm sure there is an end purpose to that study in terms of currently unknown information.

pl259 · #14 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 11:11 PM

Awesome pics!! Thanks for taking the time to post and share.

tclipse · #15 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 04:15 AM

I mentioned this in a post in the original thread so I figured I'd post it when I found it... this thing would look pretty good in a vert viv eh?

frogandtoad · #16 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 07:50 AM

Hey man thanks for posting so many awesome pics from your trip!
I bet you had a blast there. That PDF collection is amazing!

Did you ever get those photos from the student assistant to Adolfo Amezquita?
I'm very interested in seeing those when you get them. Cool.

fleshfrombone · #17 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 11:22 AM

That display is intense. Unfortunately for me I'm not a fan of heat and humidity so I couldn't live in a place where that's possible. And yeah having something like that in a tank would be sweet.

ESweet · #18 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 10:15 PM

I'm jealous. My wife won't let me go to Columbia. According to a missionary friend of ours, "They will kidnap you and send for ransom. When they find out you have no money, they will kill you." A little dramatic, though a possibility - my wife won't let me go now. Maybe for the better =P. Thanks for the beautiful pics

afterdark · #19 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 11:27 PM

Great photos of some awesome frogs and really interesting insects.

Any chance you have more 'bombetes' photos kicking around? They are one of my all time favourites!

tclipse · #20 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by frogandtoad

Hey man thanks for posting so many awesome pics from your trip!
I bet you had a blast there. That PDF collection is amazing!

Did you ever get those photos from the student assistant to Adolfo Amezquita?
I'm very interested in seeing those when you get them. Cool.

This is the only one he sent, Ranitomeya bombetes-

I got in contact with my aunt, she's sending her pictures over shortly so I'll have a whole bunch more to post up pretty soon.