David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Tayra (Eira barbara) climbing in a tree in rainforest habitat with fern covered trees, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) camouflaged on tree with a young juvenile opposite it, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo cloud forest, Pichincha, Ecuador, July

Lucas Bustamante / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male on stem, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador, Endangered species.

Lucas Bustamante / Mosquito (Culicidae) feeding on the back of an Equatorial anole (Anolis aequatorialis) Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas) butterfly, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

James Christensen / Equatorial Mussurana (Clelia equatoriana) snake in rainforest, Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve, Mindo, Ecuador

James Christensen / Anchor Coralsnake (Micrurus ancoralis), Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve, Mindo, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Yellow breasted antipitta (Grallaria flavotincta) Angel Paz reserve, Mindo region, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sipo Snake (Chironius exoletus) head against a white background. Captive. Endemic to Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Forest vegetation with epiphytes growing on tree branches on the western slope of the Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador, South America