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 road running through rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, digitally manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) in the Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana, Endangered species

Pete Oxford / Sustainable logging operation, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) on riverbank, Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainforest and Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Road runnning through rainforest, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Rainforest, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Common Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) coiled around branch, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana, manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Common Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) climbing in tree, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana, manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Common Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) wrapped around branch, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana, manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Rainforest orchid with white flowers, Iwokrama Reserve Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Red footed tortoise withdrawn inside its shell {Geochelone carbonaria}, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Emerald tree boa juvenile {Corallus canina} coiled round branch Iwokrama reserve, Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Black caiman {Caiman niger} juvenile on Royal water lily pad (Victoria amazonica) Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, South America

Doug Wechsler / Rainforest understorey, lianas. Iwokrama, Guyana, S. America

Pete Oxford / Spectacled caiman juvenile on giant lily pad {Caiman crocodilus}, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana South America

Pete Oxford / Balcony with hammock at Iwokrama Lodge, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Fairview Amerindian Village children who belong to the Fairview Wildlife Club identifying birds, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, February 2010

Pete Oxford / Lesser bulldog / Fishing bat (Noctilio albiventris) captive, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Rainforest canopy walkway at Atta Lodge, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta agouti / leporina) in vegetation, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Black curassow (Crax alector) Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Dining room at the Iwokrama Tourist Facility, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Fairview Amerindian Village Children who belong to the Fairview Wildlife Club, bird watching, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Ranger Station number one and Dwarka Singh Ranger at the Kurupukari entrance into the Iwokrama Forest, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Lesser Bulldog / Fishing bat (Noctilio albiventris) held in hand, captive, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) swimming, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Pete Oxford / Guyanan Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta macconnelli) in rainforest, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Bedroom in a tourist lodge in the Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Chrysalis of the Orange-spotted tiger clearwing butterfly (Mechanitis polymnia) captive, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Man and woman birdwatching in the rainforest from Turtle Mountain, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Man and woman photographing rainforest from Turtle Mountain, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana, January 2010

Pete Oxford / Tree covered in lichen on Turtle Mountain with rainforest canopy in background, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Lichen-mimic phasmid (Phasmida) camouflaged on tree bark, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Black curassow (Crax alector) Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

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

Pete Oxford / Giant broad-headed tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Giant broad-headed tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Orange-winged amazon parrot (Amazona amazonica) Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Narrow mouthed frog (Hamptophryne boliviana) 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 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 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 / Macusha woman and children 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 bre...

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

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 woman weaving split cane at the Fairview Amerindian village, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, July 2009

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

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

Pete Oxford / Jaguar (Panthera onca) scat on rainforest floor, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Tree frog (Hypsiboas / Hyla cinerascens) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Tree frog (Hypsiboas / Hyla cinerascens) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Map tree frog (Hyla / Hypsiboas geographicus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Tree frog (Hyla / Hypsiboas calcarata) balancing on twig, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Gladiator tree frog (Hypsiboas / Hyla boans) Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Gladiator tree frog (Hypsiboas / Hyla boans) Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Essequibo River and rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Iwokrama Lodge in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Essequibo River and rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Essequibo River and rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Iwokrama Lodge in the rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Lesser tree frog (Dendropsophus minutus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Essequibo River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of Essequibo River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana, December 2009

Pete Oxford / Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) coiled on rainforest branch, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, digitally manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, digitally manipulated image

Pete Oxford / Amazon horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) mating pair on rainforest floor, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Amazon horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-sided Toad (Bufo / Rhaebo guttatus) in rainforest, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Collared tree runner (Tropidurus plica) in rainforest, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Collared tree runner (Tropidurus plica) in rainforest, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Green ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in river, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in river, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) on rainforest floor, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Goliath bird-eating tarantula (Theraphosa blondi) in rainforest, largest spider in the world, Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Goliath bird-eating tarantula (Theraphosa blondi) in rainforest, largest spider in the world, Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Black caracara (Daptrius ater) in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-fronted /Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) on banks of Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-fronted /Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) feeding on large fish, Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-fronted /Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) on banks of Rewa River, mouth open, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-fronted / Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) on banks of Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Smooth-fronted /Schneider's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) on banks of Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) beside Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Pete Oxford / Water Philodendron (Philodendron sp) growing in the Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) beside Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Vulnerable species

Pete Oxford / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle / Ceryle torquata) perched in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle / Ceryle torquata) perched in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Moss-mimic katydid (Tettigoniidae) Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana