Franco Banfi / Water lilies at the surface in Cenote Nicte-Ha,Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / Water lilies at the surface in Cenote Nicte-Ha,Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / Freshwater fish including Cichlid between water plants and leaves. Cenote Nicte-Ha, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / Freshwater fish including Mayan cichlids (Mayaheros urophthalmus) between aquatic plants and leaves, Cenote Nicte-Ha, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. MontPhoto Competition 2023 -...

Franco Banfi / Freshwater turtle (Trachemys scripta venusta) swimming amongst Water lilies leaves, Gran Cenote, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) silhouetted in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) in sinkhole, Casa Cenote, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican slider turtle / terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Mexican blind brotula (Typhliasina pearsei) a blind cave fish, sinkhole near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August. Endangered species.

Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican slider turtle / terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January