by Rowland | Jul 26, 2016 | Amphibian Conservation, Guatemala, Testimonials
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...
by Indigo | Jun 11, 2015 | Guatemala, Indigo Archives, Notes from the field, Research, Species profiles
In 2015 Indigo Expeditions led its first conservation expedition to the cloud forests of Alta Verapaz, in the highlands of Guatemala. We didn’t expect to encounter one of Central America’s most endangered frogs – Plectrohyla teuchestes, otherwise known as the Alta Verapaz spikethumb frog.