Monolena primuliflora flowering in Isla Escondida

Fruit of this pink edged flowering Monolena primuliflora (Melastomataceae), Isla Escondida

Cystoderma?, note the ring and scaly stem, Isla Escondida

Bothrops asper - Fer-de-lance head close up, luckily lens and editing creates a proximity that I had not to experience in reality!

Bothrops asper - Fer-de-lance winding along river rocks in Isla Escondida

Bothrops asper - Fer-de-lance viper, Isla Escondida

Russula paucilamellata growing out of wood in Isla Escondida

We called this Selaginella willdenowii the "Walmart" fern, since its color looked so plastic,Isla Escondida

Rigidoporus wand seen in Isla Escondida

Auriscalpium villipes with its cool hydnoid hymenium

Auriscalpium villipes cap seen in Isla Escondida

Auriscalpium villipes, a hydnoid wood decayer found in Isla Escondida

Cordyceps abundance

Could be an infected immature Hymenochaete damaecornis seen in Isla Escondida, Putumayo

Anadenobolus, a harmless giant millipede which was ubiquitous in Isla Escondida, Putumayo

Drymonia coccinea - what a unique colorful flower this Gesneriaceae vine sports! Seen in Isla Escondida

Humboldt's woolly monkey Lagothrix lagothricha threw dead branches at us from the tree tops, Isla Escondida

bioluminescent trail of the Headlight Elater beetle - Pyrophorus noctilucus

Headlight Elater beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus) master of bioluminosity, Check out the two round spots on his "shoulders", Isla Escondida