Cargo ship in Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Shop of Alberto Pulla, the famous hatter on Calle Larga, where paja toquilla, misnamed panama hats, are sold and repaired with white sulphur paint, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Southern Highlands, Ecuador, South America

Street in Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Panama City, Panama, Central America

Street scene, Casco Viejo, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Panama City, Panama, Central America

The colourful Biomuseo (The Biodiversity Museum) (Panama Bridge of Life), Panama City, Panama, Central America

Aerial tramway on forest canopy, Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Mesoamerican slider turtles (Trachemys scripta ornata), River Chagres, Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, Casco Antiguo (Casco Viejo), San Felipe District, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Couple on a jet-ski, Contadora island, Las Perlas archipelago, Panama, Central America

Cargo boats passing the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal. Panama, Central America

Cargo boat passing the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America

The colourful Biomuseo (The Biodiversity Museum) (Panama Bridge of Life), Panama City, Panama, Central America

Ships and locks on the Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Couple walking on sandy beach, Chapera island (Contadora), Las Perlas archipelago, Panama, Central America

Embera village, Soberania Forest National Park, Panama, Central America

Biomuseum, Amador District, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Contadora island, Las Perlas archipelago, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Cargo ship carrying containers, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Overwater bungalows, Achutupu, San Blas Islands, Kuna Yala, Panama, Central America

Manoeuvering tugs, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Chapera island, Contadora, Las Perlas archipelago, Panama, Central America

View of Gatun Locks from cruise ship, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Cargo ship in Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Container ship in Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Skyline, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Panama Canal, Balboa, Panama, Central America

Container ship, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Avenida Central, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Biomuseum, Amador District, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Aerial tramway on forest canopy, Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Container ship in Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

White faced capuchine monkey (Cebus capucinus), Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Cathedral in the Old City, San Felipe district, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Panamanian flag, Panama, Central America

Yachts and city skyline, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Cathedral in the Old City, San Felipe district, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Skyline, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Public buses, referred to locally as Diablos Rojos (Red Devils), Panama City, Panama, Central America

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

Panama hats, half-finished in factory, Cuenca, Ecuador, South America, America

Girls going downstairs to the beach, Panama City Beach, Santa Rosa Island, Florida, USA, America

Women under a sunshade on the beach, Panama City, Florida, USA, America

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in a tree, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Two American girls in swimsuits with the pattern of the American national flag throwing sand in the air in high spirits, Nation Grayton Beach in northern Florida between Pensacola and Panama City on the Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, North America

Aerial view, cargo ship at the lock in the Panama Canal from above, Mirador Miraflores, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Starfish (Asteroidea), near Isla Moron, San Blas Archipelago, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Central America

Famous golden Baroque altar, Altar de Oro de la Iglesia San Jose, Old City, Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, several tropical islands in the atoll, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical forested islands with mangroves in the sea, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

The flag of Panama, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical island with palm trees, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Young people from Panama City celebrating a weekend party on yachts on the island of Isla Taboga, Panama, Central America

Church of Nalunega, a Kuna Indian village, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Small tropical Palm Island, Paradise, drone shot, San Blas, Guna Gala, Panama, Central America

Uninhabited island with palm trees north of the Isla Moron island, San Blas Archipelago, Caribbean Sea, Panama, Central America

Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

Tropical lonely little island from above, drone shot, San Blas, Guna Yala, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical island with palm trees and huts, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Dugout boat, deserted beach with palm trees on a tropical island, Cayos Chichime, Chichime Cays, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Hut under palm trees, village of the Kuna people, Nalunega, San Blas Islands, Panama, Caribbean, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, rainforest at Rio Chagres, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Tropical island with palm trees, Cayos Los Grullos, Mamartupo, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Jetty in the clear water and a typical wooden house on the small Caribbean island of Coral Key, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Bronze statue of the explorer Vasco Nunez Balboa standing on a globe, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Hut of the Kuna Indians, tropical island, Chichime Cays, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Single palm tree on rocks in water, Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical island with palm trees and huts, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Bell tower of the Iglesia de San Francisco Church and the building of the national theatre, Teatro Nacional, in the Old City, Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Lanterns along the promenade, Paseo Esteban Huertas, in front of the skyline of Panama City at dusk, Panama, Central America

Palacio de las Garza, Presidential Palace, Old City, Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Memorial stone commemorating the visit of the painter Paul Gauguin on the island of Isla Taboga, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Central American Squirrel Monkey, also called Mono Titi (Saimiri oerstedii), highly endangered species, in the secondary rain forest, Punta Burica, Golfo de Chiriqui, Panama, Central America

Wooded coastal area with mangroves, drone shot, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Surf on the sandy beach of Bluff Beach on the island of Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Coastal area with many small forested islands, drone shot, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) on the shores of the Caribbean island of Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America

Palm tree, sailing boats in the bay of Isla Linton, Colon, Caribbean, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Lonely beach with palm trees, tropical island, Chichime Cays, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Aerial view, tropical mangrove islands in the Caribbean, Escudo de Veraguas, Panama, Central America

Interior and altar of the Iglesia Santa Ana Church, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Cityscape and skyline of Panama City, seen from Cerro Ancon Mountain, Panama, Central America

Boats, beach and colourful houses on the island of Isla Taboga, Panama, Central America

Bell tower of the Iglesia de San Francisco Church and the building of the national theatre, Teatro Nacional, in the Old City, Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, Central America

Yacht harbour and the skyline of Panama City, Panama, Central America