Uploads from Josiah Townsend

giant wild tiusinte cycad

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:45:25 -0800

around 10 m tall, thousands of years old... Rio Grande, Depto. Olancho, Honduras

in a grove of ancient tiusinte cycads

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:41:41 -0800

grove of tiusinte (Dioon mejiae), near Quebrada El Horno, Rio Grande, Olancho, Honduras; look at the strangler fig/tiusinte, a decades to centuries-long struggle

passing through old growth Olancho pine forest

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:41:39 -0800

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On our way into the Botaderos, passing through some old growth pine forest in northern Depto. de Olancho, ca. 1100 m elevation.

Craugastor cf. laevissimus, Jacaleapa

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:41:37 -0800

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Nototriton picucha, newly discovered Honduran moss salamander

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:08:37 -0800

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Dorsolateral and ventrolateral views of the holotype of Nototriton picucha, from 1890 m, Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, Depto. de Olancho, Honduras.

Townsend JH, M Medina-Flores, JL Murillo, JD Austin. 2011. Cryptic diversity in Chortís Highland moss salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton) revealed using mtDNA barcodes and phylogenetics, with a new species from eastern Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 9(3): 275–287.

Nopalea cf. hondurensis, upper Valle de Agalta, Honduras

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:46:12 -0800

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Near Saguay, 600 m elevation, Depto. Olancho, Honduras

remote military outpost in the Honduran Emerald Reserve

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:46:09 -0800

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Soldiers at the Honduran Air Force base that is literally a polygon inside the Honduran Emerald Reserve, Depto. Yoro, set aside to protect the dry forest habitat of Honduras' only endemic bird. The Corozal cloud forest region of Parque Nacional Pico Bonito is visible in the background. April 2011.

Pristimantis cf. ridens, Montana de Jacaleapa, Olancho

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:46:03 -0800

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from Premontane Rainforest, 1,250 m, Montana de Jacaleapa, Depto. Olancho, Honduras

Dioon mejiae cycad savanna, Gualaco, Honduras

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:23:35 -0800

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Savannas dominated by ancient cycads (Dioon mejiae) called "teocinte" locally. Rio Grande/Saguay area, Upper Valle de Agalta, Depto. Olancho, Honduras, 600 m.

Typhlops tycherus, endemic Honduras blindsnake

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:23:34 -0800

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First live and intact specimen of Typhlops tycherus, collected near the type locality in El Cedral, 1,550 m elevation, Montana de Santa Barbara, Honduras.

Townsend JH, LD Wilson, LP Ketzler, IR Luque-Montes. 2008. The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: a new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras. Zootaxa 1932: 18–26.

Botaderos Cloud Forest

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:23:32 -0800

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Cloud forest along the highest ridge in the Sierra de Botaderos in northern Depto. de Olancho, 1,720 m elevation, Honduras.

glorious Honduran cloud forest

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:44:54 -0800

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within a canyon across the top of Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara, 2180 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

white-lipped frog (Leptodactylus fragilis)

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:44 -0800

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San Jose de Texiguat, 250 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

mossy understory beneath the 60+m cloud forest canopy

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:38 -0800

Josiah Townsend posted a photo:

within a canyon across the top of Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara, 2180 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

Nombre de Dios streamside rainfrog (Craugastor aurilegulus)

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:25 -0800

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San Jose de Texiguat, 250 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

Bolitoglossa nympha, San Jose de Texiguat

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:07:16 -0800

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following Campbell et al (2010), formerly referred to as B. rufescens complex; San Jose de Texiguat, 250 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

golden phase eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegeli), Honduras

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:00:46 -0800

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Jilamito Nuevo, lowlands outside of Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat; 200 m elevation, Nov 2010

kermit the glassfrog (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni)

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:55:30 -0800

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San Jose de Texiguat, 250 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

daybreak in the cloud forest

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:55:29 -0800

Josiah Townsend posted a photo:

within a canyon across the top of Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara, 2180 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010

rainfrog (Craugastor gollmeri group)

nobody@flickr.com (Josiah Townsend) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:55:29 -0800

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above El Playon, buffer zone of Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara, 1500 m elevation, Honduras; Nov 2010