The Sapayoa (Sapayoa aegnima) is so different from other passerine birds that it is currently placed in its own family, Sapayoidae. It is restricted to lowland and foothills (to 600 m.) evergreen forest in the Chocó between central Panama and northwestern Ecuador...
Well-disguised and cryptic in its behavior, the Brown vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) is a colubrid snake originally described by Johann Wagler in 1824. The dull coloration is well-paired with still, outstretched positions to make the snake resemble a thin vine; sometimes...
