Amazonian Widlife
The Amazon Forest is the most biodiverse region on earth. It covers more than six million square kilometres (roughly 60% the size of the USA) and spans nine South American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru,Venezuela,Suriname and French Guiana).
It harbours at leat 40 000 different plants and 5526 vertebrate species.
Here are some pictures of the fauna and flora we encounter in our expeditions.
![Boana appendiculata](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/IMGP5406-500x362.jpg)
Boana appendiculata
![Osteocephalus taurinus](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/IMGP5414-500x412.jpg)
Osteocephalus taurinus
![Caligo eurilochus](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP5206-500x331.jpg)
Caligo eurilochus
![Phoneutria fera](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP5425-500x333.jpg)
Phoneutria fera
![Agamia agami](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP3081-500x309.jpg)
Agamia agami
![Chloroceryle inda](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2671-500x280.jpg)
Chloroceryle inda
![Pteroglossus pluricinctus](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2931-500x333.jpg)
Pteroglossus pluricinctus
![Tigrisoma lineatum](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2846-500x275.jpg)
Tigrisoma lineatum
![Tityra cayana](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2926-500x310.jpg)
Tityra cayana
![Alouatta seniculus](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP3027-500x333.jpg)
Alouatta seniculus
![Lagothrix lagothricha](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2749-500x337.jpg)
Lagothrix lagothricha
![Saimiri cassiquiarensis](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2947-500x326.jpg)
Saimiri cassiquiarensis
![Pteronura brasiliensis](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP3053-500x277.jpg)
Pteronura brasiliensis
![Caiman yacare](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/Caiman-yacare-300x300.jpg)
Caiman yacare
Platemys platycephala
![](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP3112-500x333.jpg)
![](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP5224-499x365.jpg)
![Enyalioides laticeps](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP5482-500x427.jpg)
Enyalioides laticeps
![](/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/paleolab/images/IMGP2644-500x227.jpg)