Daniel Heuclin / Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake (Pseustes sulphureus) moving towards the camera. French Guyana, August.

Daniel Heuclin / Puffing / Bird Eating / Twig Snake (Pseustes poecilonotus) in characteristic posture mimicking a twig. French Guyana, August.

Pete Oxford / Boy sitting on rolls of Balata made from latex collected from Balata / Bullet Wood tree, Nappi, Rupununi, Guyana, used for crafts, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown, model released, using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava flour, Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, February 2010. Model released

Pete Oxford / Man (a balata bleeder, Anton Clarence) collecting natural latex from the Balata / Bullet wood tree (Manilkara bidentata), Katoka, Rupununi, Guyana, Model released

Pete Oxford / Agaric Fungus (Marasmius sp) Mapari, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Giant leaf frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) climbing along branch in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Giant leaf frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) climbing along branch in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Macushi woman preparing cassava bread from Cassava / Yuca (Manihot esculenta), crop is harvested, peeled, grated, squeezed to a matape, sieved, and roasted into a large flat piece of bread, Fairview...

Pete Oxford / Macushi girl from Fairview Amerindian village, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, July 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana , December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Alluvial Gold Mine in the rainforest, Guyana, December 2009