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Hunting by night, a house-cat-size linsang prowls into a camera trap for a portrait.

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Found alone on the forest floor, this orphaned baby western tree hyrax became friendly with participants in the RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition), but later died of an infection.

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The toad Bufo tuberosus is found from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Voice of a forest, the red-eared monkey is the most abundant of Bioko Island's 11 primate species.

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Tussock moth caterpillar (family Lymantriidae)

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Flower (Rothmannia sp.)

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White-bellied kingfisher (Alcedo leucogaster)

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Gorge of the Rio Ole, emerging from the Gran Caldera Volcanica de Luba. Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa.

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South coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa.

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Instinct sends the young leatherback turtles seaward. Those that manage to elude hungry shorebirds and crabs face a gantlet of predators in the open ocean.

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A thickly fruited fig tree provides nourishment for a Martin's putty-nosed monkey.

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A Bioko black colobus monkey is at home in the island's trees.

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Bioko crowned monkeys "have great personalities," says primatologist Gail Hearn, who founded the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program a decade ago.

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A bush baby gazes from its sleeping tree with eyes that suit its nocturnal lifestyle. This one-pound primate subspecies is unique to Bioko.

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Slow to leap, and an easy target for poachers, the Pennant's red colobus ranks among the world's most endangered primates.

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Because they reproduce quickly, blue duikers are relatively resistant to hunting pressure and are often found in the wild where other animals have been wiped out.

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Gastropyxis smaragdina snakes through the trees on Bioko Island. There are nearly 2,500 species in its superfamily, the Colubroidea.

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This fruit bat (lyssonycteris sp.) hangs with wings folded but will spend the evening hunting with other predators on Bioko.

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Centipede (order Scolopendromorpha)

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Giant crab spider (Olios sp.)

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Daylight brings out creatures like this gecko (Hemidactylus fasciatus).

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Fireball Lily (Scadoxus cinnabarinus)

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Chained to a post in Malabo, where the bush-meat trade thrives, this orphaned drill may be sold as a pet, or become dinner for its captors.

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