Luiz Claudio Marigo / Bromeliad {Billbergia porteana} of dry caatinga region of NE Brazil, Bahia state

Claus Meyer / Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla) with mouth open in defense display, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) swallowing a captured lizard, Caatinga, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Yellow Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) walking beneath a cactus, Caatinga habitat, South America

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) rolls into a protective ball when threatened, endemic to Cerrado and Caatinga habitats, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Yellow Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) peeking out of burrow, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) clinging to branch in tropical rainforest, Caatinga, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Scorpion tail ends in a stinger that protects the young carried on back, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Pete Oxford / King Vulture at roost {Sarcoramphus papa} Caatinga Habitat. Bahia, NE Brazil, South America

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Xique-xique cactus (Pilosocereus gounellei) in the Caatinga vegetation near Cabaceiras town, interior of Paraaba State, Northeastern Brazil. December 2009

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Slabstone of Caatinga vegetation covered with Macambira bromeliad (Encholirium spectabile) Hotel Pedra dos Ventos, municipality of Quixada, Central Ceara State, northeastern Brazil, December 2010

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Lajedo do Pai Mateus, showing weathering of granite at Hotel Farm Pai Mateus, in the Caatinga region near Cabaceiras town, interior of Paraíba State, Northeastern Brazil. December 2009