Peter Waechtershaeuser / Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male with nodules, Guatemala

Claudio Contreras / Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan baby hanging from washing line. El Mirador- Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Claudio Contreras / Yucatan banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans), El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala, October.

Claudio Contreras / Detail of Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris / Agriocharis ocellata) plumage. El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Claudio Contreras / Detail of Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris / Agriocharis ocellata) plumage. El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Rob Tilley / River of lava flowing from the Pacaya volcano, Los Pocitos, Guatemala, Central America, June 2010

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / Guatamelan Beaded Lizard {Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti} captive, Guatemala

Anup Shah / Morelet's crocodile {Crocodylus moreletii} with open mouth, native to Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. Also known as Central America / Mexican / Belize crocodile.

Oscar Diez/ BIA / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) flying, Escuintla, Guatemala

Claudio Contreras / Showy barkeria orchid (Barkeria spectabilis) flower. Cultivated, found in oak forest in southern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, March

Claudio Contreras / Michoacan pollardia orchid (Pollardia michuacana) flower. Cultivated, found in mixed forest in central and southern Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, March

Robert Thompson / Saturniid moth (Eacles ormondei), female resting on branch. Izabal, Guatemala.