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Eats morning glory flowers and nightshade
flowers.
They live in open areas.
Eats milk weed
Eggs hatch in three to twelve days.
The larvae feed for about 2 weeks.
The caterpillar turns into a monarch butterfly
in two weeks.
 They
suck the sap of plants.
 They can be found on all continents.
 Leafhoppers are 2-30 mm long.
They usually live for only a few months.
Leafhoppers are not dangerous.
1. The Red Crowned Woodpecker is
Another one of the most common birds
Of Panama.
2. It is also recognized as Melnerpes
Pucherani
3. It is found easily in open areas
The picture shown
Is of an adult male
Because of its all red
cap
4. They feed on higher levels of the
canopy
Red Crowned Woodpeck
1. The Tyranus melancholicus is also known
as the Tropical King bird.
2. They are very common in panama.
3. They live high in the rainforest canopies.
4. They are not in any way restricted to the
forest.
There are many types of reptiles in the
lush, green rainforests of Panama. One
in particular is the basilisk.
There are four known species of the
basilisk;the Green Basilisk(basiliscus
plumifrons), the Brown or Striped
Basilisk(basiliscus vittatus), the
Common Basilisk(basiliscus basiliscus),
and the Western, or RedHeaded(basiliscus galerritus).
These green scaled lizards
are mostly found dwelling in
rainforests along the tropical
coasts from Mexico to
Ecuador.
The males have tall crests of
skin on their heads, but the
females do not.
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In captivity they
are fed small
mice. They live
from around 5-10
years of age.
In it’s natural
habitat, the
Green Basilisk
eats insects,
plants, and
small mammals.
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These creatures
have no natural
enemy. They
were nicknamed
the “Jesus
Lizard” because
of their amazing
ability to run on
water.
Double-Crested
Brown
Common
Grow to 93 - 168 pounds
Some are 5 - 8 feet long
They live in rain forests ,
marshy land , and many other
places
They eat meat ranging from
rodents to alligators
They spend most of their
time all alone
They are the only large cats that
don’t roar
There are spotted and all black
jaguars
capybara
balboa
www.odedodea.edu/sites/balboa/mammals.html
www.edu.pe.ca/…/projects/animals/pictures/
jaguars1.jpg
http://www.canopytower.com/birds.htlm
http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/nsecta/colotera
/chrysomelidae.html
http://www.remarkablereptiles.com/remrep,9.jpg
http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/
standard/35_basilisk.jpg