Videos tagged with "subtropical"

Wild Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) in the Yasuni [00:55]
The Smokey Jungle Frog or Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist mountains, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and aquaculture ponds and riversides along the Shiripuno Physical characteristics Males of this large, robust frog are slightly larger than females; they attain a maximum snout-vent length of 18.0 cm (7.3 in), whereas the maximum length in females is 17.6 cm (6.9 in). The body is robust; the head is large with an acutely rounded snout and prominent tympanum. The skin on the dorsum and venter is smooth, and a prominent dorsolateral dermal fold extends from the orbit to the groin. The fingers and toes are long with slender tips and lack webbing. Breeding males have greatly swollen forelimbs and one large, pointed, black spine on the inner surface of the thumb and two black spines on each side of the chest. The dorsum is tan to reddish brown with broad, reddish brown marks on the body between the yellowish tan dorsolateral folds. The dorsal surfaces of the limbs are tan to reddish brown with narrow transverse brown bars. The upper lip is tan with a brown margin and dark brown triangular spots. The venter is cream with bold dark brown to black mottling ...
Tags: Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Yasuni National Park, Huaorani People, Shiripuno Lodge, Natural History, Amazon Ecuador, Photography Tours, Birding Tours, Birds, Adventure, Travel, Culture, Nature, Ecotourism, Wildlife, Wilderness, Herpetology

Giant broad-headed Treefrog (Osteocephalus taurinus) in the Yasuni [01:03]
Osteocephalus taurinus is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is also reported to produce Bufotenin.
Tags: Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Yasuni, National, Park, Huaorani People, Shiripuno, Lodge, Natural History, Amazon Ecuador, Photography Tours, Birding Tours, Birds, nature, travel, big, culture, destination, tourism, fishing, bird

Osteocephalus planiceps in the Yasuni [00:55]
Osteocephalus planiceps is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Tags: Osteocephalus planiceps, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Yasuni, National, Park, Huaorani People, Shiripuno, Lodge, Natural History, Amazon Ecuador, Birdwatching, Ecotours Adventure Tours, Photography Tours, Birding Tours, Birds

Volcán Sangay (Sangay Volcano in Ecuador) [01:31]
Constituye una elevación de gran interés geológico, debido a su actividad volcánica permanente con presencia de fumarolas, erupciones y flujos de lava ardiente. Por las noches ofrece despliegues naturales similares a los juegos pirotécnicos los cuales son observables. El Sangay es uno de los volcanes más activos del mundo. Un cono simétrico y flancos de pendiente fuerte le dan un aspecto que, con toda seguridad, también le hace estar entre los más fotografiados. Se consiguen impresionantes cuadros desde el oriente y, durante las noches de su actividad volcánica. Esta localizado en la Provincia de Morona Santiago a 30 kilómetros de Macas. El cráter central tiene un diámetro de 100 my una profundidad de 50 m, hacia el noreste otro cráter de diámetro de 50 my un tercero hacia el oeste del cráter principal de 100 m de diámetro. Tiene 5.230 metros de altura. En lo que respecta a la fauna podemos presenciar de especie como: lobo de páramo, cervicabra, oso de anteojos, danta de montaña, danta de Oriente, oso hormiguero, venados, puma. Entre las aves se destacan los patos de torrente y comunes, gaviota andina, curiquingue, y el majestuoso cóndor.
Tags: Sangay volcano, volcanes, ecuador, naturaleza, amazonía, America, turismo, galápagos, sonido aves, nieve, erupción, estribaciones, cordillera de los andes, Dios, Divino, Morona Santiago, Tropical, Subtropical, Huamboya, Jungla, animals exotics, Mountai

Cable Car Ride in the Jungle Canopy [01:35]
Free video about a cable car ride in the canopy of the cloudy rain forest close to the jungles of Ecuador. This video was created by epSos.de near Mindo of Ecuador. Mindo is a rural parish in Ecuador, located in the Los Bancos canton in the province of Pichincha. The parish is known for its growing eco tourism industry based in the Mindo-Nambillo Protected Forest. The cable car ride was $5. So, a minute in the air was equal to $5. A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate. The world's longest operable cable way is the Forsby-Köping limestone cable way in Sweden. It is 42 km long. Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall. Around 40% to 75% of all biotic species are indigenous to the rain forests. Tropical rain forests are rainforests in the tropics in the equatorial zone. A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation. In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by plant crowns. For forests, canopy also refers to the upper layer or habitat zone. The canopy of a rainforest is typically about 10m thick, and intercepts around 95% of sunlight. Shade trees normally have a dense canopy that blocks light from lower growing plants. The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. This jungle is also a cloud forest. A cloud forest is a generally tropical or subtropical evergreen, moist forest ...
Tags: ride, cable car, canopy, jungle, flying, rainforest, mindo, Ecuador, forest, could forest, tropics, ecuator, green, hight