Ecuador Reptile Adventures

Name: Ecuador Reptile Adventures
Address: Mindo, EC
Telephone: +593980132928
Rating: 5

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Ecuador Reptile Adventures

E.R.A. does h**petology themed tours throughout Ecuador, but based in Mindo.

17/01/2025

Here are more of the highlights from our Chocó & West Andes adventure with Kevin. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!

Ecuadorian Chocó & West Andes | June 2024

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01/01/2025

Here are some of our highlights from 2024!

11/12/2024

Although Ecuador has been making headlines in the news, the country is still safe for tourism and the h**ping continues to be amazing. Here are some of the highlights from our Chocó & West Andes adventure with Kevin. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!
Ecuadorian Chocó & West Andes | June 2024
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31/10/2024

Happy Halloween!

This is a beautiful black and orange poison frog species. The orange on the belly is sometimes yellow or even white. The taxonomy of this species was synonymized with Epipedobates espinosai earlier this year. Since this individual was photographed in Mindo, it used to be E. darwinwallacei. The common name can still be the Darwin Wallace poison frog, to continue to honour those scientists. It is the only poison frog in the area and it occasionally turns up on our public night walks, making it one of the more spectacularly coloured frog species that lives on our reserve. Ecuador currently has 53 species of poison/rocket frogs but none of them are dart frogs because their poison is not used to make poison darts, like members of the genus, Phyllobates, which are found north of Ecuador.

26/08/2024

We are guiding a public night hike for only $30/person this Saturday!
Pickup in town: 7:00pm | Dropoff in town: 11:00pm
The tour will be in English in Mindo. Transportation and reserve entrance fees are included. We provide rubber boots and flashlights.
Book online (select Aug. 31, then #2 Public), or by WhatsApp.

16/07/2024

It's World Snake Day!

This is Lachesis acrochorda, an amazing viper species from the Chocó Rainforest. Encountering one in its habitat was arguably my best experience this year. Despite being venomous, Lachesis are considerably more docile than most Bothrops, and they are unique among new world vipers by being oviparous. This is Ecuador's third longest viper species, after L. muta and B. asper. These are hatchlings.

World Snake Day is all about education and conservation of snakes. Venomous snakes in particular are misunderstood by the general public. These individuals demonstrated that they were not aggressive in any way, and never attempted to bite us, however, they are dangerous so they should always be treated with respect.

19/06/2024

In 2022, our group witnessed a Leptodeira ornata preying on what I believe is an undescribed species of Atractus. It reminds me of Atractus iridescens, however, this was much further south than they have been documented, in the province of Los Ríos. The other possibility is a weird morph of Atractus microrhynchus. We found another individual 47 hours after seeing the first one being consumed. Both were photographed in-situ.

20/05/2024

A few more highlights from our recent Chocó & Andes adventure with Grant. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!

Ecuadorian East Andes | March 2024

13/05/2024

06/05/2024

Ecuador has recently been making headlines in the news but the country remains safe for tourism and the h**ping continues to be incredible. Here are some of the highlights from our recent Chocó & Andes adventure with Grant. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!

Ecuadorian Chocó & West Andes | March 2024

29/04/2024

A few more highlights from our recent Amazon adventure with Bob in what is probably the most biodiverse place on the planet, with an estimated 121 reptile species and 150 amphibian species per hectare. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!

Ecuadorian Amazon | March 2024

16/04/2024

Ecuador has recently been making headlines in the news but the country remains safe for tourism and the h**ping continues to be incredible. Here are some of the highlights from our recent Amazon adventure with Bob in what is probably the most biodiverse place on the planet, with an estimated 121 reptile species and 150 amphibian species per hectare. Although our primary focus was h**ping, we also spent some time to photograph other animals too. Stay tuned!

Ecuadorian Amazon | March 2024

10/02/2024

Bothriechis schlegelii has finally been split up into 10 species; 5 of them are new to science, 3 of them have been revalidated, and 1 remains undescribed.
Ecuador just gained 3 Bothriechis species but no longer has B. schlegelii, which is now endemic to western Colombia.
B. nitidus was revalidated and is now endemic to Ecuador.
B. hussaini is new to science and can be found in Ecuador and Peru.
B. rahimi is new to science and can be found in Ecuador and Colombia.

The first photo is B. rahimi, as well as the last two photos.
The second photo is B. hussaini, completely in situ.
The third photo is B. nitidus, as well as the rest of the photos.
Most people who have seen a Bothriechis with me actually saw B. nitidus, the most common species in Ecuador.

01/01/2024

2023 was another amazing year for h**ping in Ecuador. Here are some of the highlights! We are now offering multi-day public h**ping tours. We have done plenty of private tours since 2017, but there has recently been more interest in public multi-day tours. Join a trip with us and see what we find in 2024!
https://HerpEC.com/2024/

Dirección

Mindo

Teléfono

+593980132928

Página web

http://EcuadorReptileAdventures.com/

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