AMAZONIA, PERU - CA NOV 2011 - Local Peruvians participate in illegal gold mining along the Madre de Dios river. This activity has forced the tribes to the riverbank where fatal conflicts arise.
The extremely venomous Peruvian Giant Yellow-leg or Amazonian Giant Centipede (Scolopendra gigantea). These eat everything from insects to birds! Isolated on black, space for text. (Peruvian Amazon)
A Polka-dot Treefrog (Dendropsophus punctatus) peers comically over a leaf in the Peruvian Amazon
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)