832-405445 - Aerial view of the city centre of Tuttlingen with the Protestant church of St. Peter and Paul, district of Tuttlingen, Black Forest, Baar, Heuberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
1382-428 - Dervishaliu bar restaurant, surrounded by black pines (Pinus negra), Llogara National Park, centered on the Ceraunian Mountains along the Albanian Riviera, Southwestern Albania, Europe
1358-442 - Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis), can live for over 100 years, San Cristobal island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America
1385-266 - Volcanic landscape with rocky terrain in the foreground and a clear blue sky over the ocean in the background in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe
1381-26 - Indian Cormorant (Indian shag) (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) above water on trunk tree with opened wings, Poovar, Thiruvanthapurm, Kerala, India, Asia
83-13479 - Crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) a native ape-like monkey with striking eyes, face and hair tuft, Tangkoko Reserve, Minahasa, N Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
83-13477 - Crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) a native ape-like monkey with striking eyes, face and hair tuft, Tangkoko Reserve, Minahasa, N Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
83-13478 - Crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) a native ape-like monkey with striking eyes, face and hair tuft, Tangkoko Reserve, Minahasa, N Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
832-402849 - American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with two cubs standing in the water holding captured salmon in her mouth, rainforest, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, North America
832-401082 - Lake Titisee in the morning with clouds over the lake and the village, lupines in the foreground, Titisee-Neustadt, Upper Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-401081 - The lake Windgfaellweiher at sunset with coloured clouds, Upper Black Forest, municipality of Lenzkirch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-401078 - The Wildsee with its small islands in the Wildseemoor on a sunny day, Kaltenbronn nature reserve and forest reserve in the Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-400587 - Aerial view of a wooden bridge over a small river in the forest on the hiking trail Sprollenhaeuser Hut, Bad Wildbad, Black Forest, Germany, Europe
832-399039 - Landscape with cows, flowering meadows, trees, forest and a village, sunshine, Bernau im Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-399038 - Some farms, surrounded by meadows and forest, in the evening after a thunderstorm, with some deep clouds, at sunset, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-398790 - View from Schliffkopf at sunset in the Black Forest National Park, Forest, Northern Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
832-398789 - View from Schliffkopf at sunset, trees, forest, Black Forest National Park, Northern Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
846-3180 - Scots pine (pinus sylvestris) trees and orange bracken in freezing fog, Bucklebury Common, near Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1350-6678 - Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach.
The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu