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Reptile and Amphibian Encounters in Mayan ruins
Reptile and Amphibian encounters in Mayan ruins I first visited Guatemala in 2012 and apart from the opportunity to find snakes, a big draw...
Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Guatemala
Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Guatemala Guatemala is known by many experts as a megadiverse country, meaning that it is home to a great...
Endangered Amphibian Research Guatemala
Endangered Amphibian Research in the Highlands of Alta Verapaz Guatemala We're here in Alta Verapaz in the Highlands of Guatemala as...
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Conservation is at the heart of everything we do. Our expeditions and nature tours contribute directly to wildlife conservation projects.
Reptile and Amphibian Encounters in Mayan ruins
Reptile and Amphibian encounters in Mayan ruins I first visited Guatemala in 2012 and apart from the opportunity to find snakes, a big draw was the ancient Mayan civilisation - as it is for many people who visit the country. During that first trip I spent a...
Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Guatemala
Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Guatemala Guatemala is known by many experts as a megadiverse country, meaning that it is home to a great many species of both animals and plants. This is all the more impressive given its small size - approximately half the land...
Endangered Amphibian Research Guatemala
Endangered Amphibian Research in the Highlands of Alta Verapaz Guatemala We're here in Alta Verapaz in the Highlands of Guatemala as part of our endangered amphibian research. A big focus of our work here is to see what the population status of various...
Glamorous Glass frogs… jewels of the forest.
Glamorous Glass frogs. Jewels of the forest. It’s true to say that until recently my herpetological interests focussed primarily on reptiles, well snakes in fact. That is until my regular forays to Central America, and the neotropical forests of Guatemala started two...
Abronia – alligator lizards of the cloud forests
Abronia - alligator lizards of the cloud forests The cloud forests of the tropics are mysterious places cloaked in mist and draped in lichen and moss. Unlike the hot and humid lowlands, cloud forests can often feel cool and damp because they are usually covered in...
Close Encounters With Snakes – Memoirs of a Herpetologist
Close Encounters With Snakes – Memoirs of a Herpetologist. Over the years I have been blessed with some incredible animal encounters, and many of them have been with snakes.
When Identifying Coral Snakes
When Identifying Coral Snakes When identifying coral snakes we often think of ‘red to black venom lack, red to yellow kill a fellow’. This simple rhyme originated in the United States where it can be successfully used to identify the two native species of coral...
Amphibian Conservation
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Saving the spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz
Saving the endangered spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala – Plectrohyla teuchestes.
Heads in the clouds in the Highlands of Alta Verapaz
Heads in the clouds In June 2014 we set off on an exploratory visit to a unique location in the Alta Verapaz mountain range; around 20 km from Coban. Located in the Chicchen valley the area consists of a beautiful mix of pine /oak forest, pure cloud forest and...
Endangered Amphibians In The Cloud Forests
Endangered Amphibians In The Cloud Forests Of Alta Verapaz When Indigo Expeditions first visited CCFC in 2014 we encountered 11 species of amphibians during a 3 day exploratory survey. 8 of those species were considered to be endangered by the IUCN redlist, 3 species...
Saving the spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz
Saving the endangered spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala – Plectrohyla teuchestes.
Heads in the clouds in the Highlands of Alta Verapaz
Heads in the clouds In June 2014 we set off on an exploratory visit to a unique location in the Alta Verapaz mountain range; around 20 km from...
Amphibian conservation
Our Amphibian Conservation Expeditions are open to anyone with an interest in the natural world, who wants to make a positive contribution to conservation.
The cloud forests of Alta Verapaz are a hotspot for Central American amphibian and reptile species!
It’s not just about amphibians and reptiles on Indigo Expeditions!
Saving the spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz
Saving the endangered spikethumb frog of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala – Plectrohyla teuchestes.
In Partnership with Community Cloud Forest Conservation
Sea Turtle Conservation
El banco, Guatemala
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Sea Turtle Conservation
Our Sea Turtle Conservation Expeditions are open to anyone with an interest in sea turtles, who wants to help protect the nesting beaches to ensure the continued survival of sea turtles at el Banco.
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In Partnership with Estación Biológica el Banco
Conservation work with Zoos
Guatemala
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Conservation in Zoos
Indigo’s work with zoos ensures the expansion of it’s conservation projects in the cloud forests of Alta Verapaz and on the Pacific Coast.
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In Partnership with La Aurora Zoo
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Baby boa’s booming!
Baby boas booming On the 2nd December 2013, in the opening days of our first ever winter expedition to Laguna del Tigre, a boa constrictor was found at the bottom of the stairs leading to the volunteer dorms at Las Guacamayas. It was about the same length as the two...
Scaphiodontophis annulatus found on Indigo Expedition.
Scaphiodontophis annulatus found on Indigo Expedition. One week into the first December 2013 expedition and surveys are going well. We didn't know how it would go this time of year, but we certainly didn't expect this half coral snake Scaphiodontophis annulatus to...
First impressions of Laguna del Tigre National Park
First impressions of Laguna del Tigre National Park My first evening at the tranquil Estación Biológica las Guacamayas got off to a great start! No more than 10 minutes into my first night walk and we find a coral snake disappearing into a pile of sticks at the side...