The Banded Tree Anole (Anolis transversalis) - male

The Banded Tree Anole (Anolis transversalis) stands out, not only owing to its size and beauty but also because the females are as strikingly colored as the males. Reaching about 25cm (10 inches) in length, these delicate tree dwellers are restricted to lowland rainforests in the Amazon Basin. They are active by day, hunting for insects in small understory trees where they live. When threatened they tend to clasp a branch and press tightly to it, remaining motionless and relying upon their cryptic green coloration for protection. By night they can be found asleep in the same position. The striking eye colors make them a favorite among wildlife enthusiasts visiting to the region. This is a wide angle, natural light shot taken in the rainforests along the Río Mazán (Loreto, Peru) using a 10-20mm lens – September 2018 – during the Amazonian photography trip that I organized. Rainforests around the world are going fast. Not sure abut you but I'd rather have a moss covered tree in a tropical forest, with things like this living on it, than a skyscraper... ten times out of ten. Get involved! Support any conservation organization with which you connect. They need financial help more now than ever before. Lets not be the generation that let all of this slip away.