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Dagua, Colombia

A Lehmann’s poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is released in the Colombian Pacific, in Valle del Cauca department. The poisonous frog has paid for the sin of its beauty with its near-extinction due to illegal wildlife trafficking, an ecological crime from which it is beginning to recover. This is because for the first time its reproduction has been achieved and almost 30 specimens were released to repopulate its habitat.

Photograph: Ernesto Guzman Jr./EPA

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Crowned Woodnymph Dona Dora Valle Del Cauca Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Thalurania colombica / Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora / Dagua / Valle del Cauca / Colombia

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Flipping da bird in Dagua, Valle de Cauca, Colombia (courtesy of Google Maps via MapCrunch)

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Rufous Gaped Hillstar Dona Dora Valle Del Cauca Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Urochroa bougueri / Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora / Dagua / Valle del Cauca / Colombia

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Empress Brilliant Dona Dora Valle Del Cauca Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Heliodoxa imperatrix / Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora / Dagua / Valle del Cauca / Colombia

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Crowned Woodnymph Dona Dora Valle Del Cauca Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Thalurania colombica / Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora / Dagua / Valle del Cauca / Colombia

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Andean Emerald Dona Dora Valle Del Cauca Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Uranomitra franciae / Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora / Dagua / Valle del Cauca / Colombia

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Speckled Hummingbird La Florida Cali Colombia by Adam Rainoff Via Flickr: Adelomyia melanogenys / Finca La Florida / Cali / Valle del Cauca / Colombia