ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月15日 20時22分

Photo by @christianziegler. Coiba island, Latin America’s largest uninhabited island (some 500 square kilometers) off the Pacific coast of Panama is a truly unique place with lots of endemic species of animals and plants. Having been a penal colony for almost 100 years until 10 years ago, it is still covered with lush rainforest that has long gone on the mainland, and surrounded by a rich ocean environment - a time capsule with high conservation value. Together with my colleague @Tim Laman, I am working on celebrational photo essay about Coiba National Park which will be posted here and on our accounts over the next couple of weeks.

An unusually colored Brown Vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus), found near Playa Maria. Coba became an island some 9.000 years ago, and some of the isolated populations have drifted off, adapting to their specific environment in an evolutionary process. That is why island forms often display different features, and, given long enough time, might evolve into separate species or subspecies. Coba is home to 19 endemic vertebrate species and subspecies. Genetic analysis will be needed to determine if this is the case for the vine snake.

Photoexpedition to Coiba Island/ Panama coordinated by the International League of Conservation Photographers (see more @iLCP_photographers). Fusing scientific exploration and photography to support Coiba’s #conservation : 30 biologists, plus photographers @ChristianZiegler and @Tim Laman on assignment for @GEOMagazin. #Panama, #Coiba, #exploration, #biodiversity #fieldbiology

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