Notes from the field: Dante in Peru
Garden biologist, Danté Fenolio, stopped in Peru in route to Chile. He consulted for a number of captive breeding and conservation programs, including a facility working to breed endangered Amazonian Manatees , Centro de Rescate Amazonico - CREA. Local students can be seen here feeding a baby Amazonian Manatee, Trichechus inunguis . Caecilians are among the least known of all amphibians. Most live underground, like this undescribed species of the genus Caecilia from the Peruvian Amazon. A few caecilians, like this species of Typhlonectes , have adapted to aquatic life.