Trip Report: Venezuela (2004-01-10 - 2004-01-30)
Canaima, Venezuela
Angel Falls
Angel Falls, World's Highest Waterfall
Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Roraima from Camp Rum
Canaima, Venezuela
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
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Canaima, Venezuela
Angel Falls
Angel Falls, World's Highest Waterfall
Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Roraima from Camp Rum
Canaima, Venezuela
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
Trip to Roraima, Angel Falls, Choroni, and Caracas
Sites Visited
Country: Venezuela
(2 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (7 records,
4 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records,
3 images)
Class: Insects
(3 records,
3 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Ants
- Kumachi Ants (Formicidae sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Butterfly (Heliconius sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Lubber Grasshoppers
- Grasshopper (Romaleidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(4 records,
1 image)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Roraima Black Frog (Oreophrynella quelchii)
Class: Birds
(3 records,
0 images)
- Order: Perching Birds
(3 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Greater Flowerpiercer (Diglossa major)
Kingdom: Fungi including Lichens (1 record,
1 image)
Phylum: Basidiomycete Fungi
(1 record,
1 image)
Class: Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Pinwheel Mushrooms
- Mushroom (Marasmiaceae sp)
Kingdom: Plants (6 records,
6 images)
Phylum: Vascular Plants
(6 records,
6 images)
Class: Dicots
(4 records,
4 images)
- Order: Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Heaths
- Heath (Bejaria imthurnii)
- Family: New World Pitcher Plants
- Pitcher Plant (Sarraceniaceae sp)
- Order: Nances, Willows, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Bonnetias
- Bonnetia (Bonnetia roraimae)
- Order: Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Sundews
- Sundew (Drosera sp)
Class: Monocots
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Bromeliads
- Bromeliad (Brocchinia reducta)
- Family: Rapateaceae
- Rapateaceae (Rapateaceae sp)