Abel Batista at a viewpoint over the Panama rainforest during an expedition

The field

Where the unnamed is searched for.

Discovery does not happen on a screen. It happens walking at night, in the rain, in the most remote corners of Panama.

The map

Seven field fronts.

From the highlands of Chiriquí to Darién, each point is a place he has worked. The ones marked in amber yielded a new species.

Chiriquí Bocas del Toro Veraguas Colón Guna Yala Eastern Panama Darién

Chiriquí · Species described here

Highlands and cloud forest; home base for his fieldwork.

Bocas del Toro

Caribbean rainforest and birds; Konsenda experiences.

Veraguas · Species described here

Montane forests; Ecnomiohyla gliding frogs.

Colón · Species described here

Caribbean forest; the Andinobates geminisae poison frog.

Guna Yala

Range between two oceans; night frog expeditions.

Eastern Panama · Species described here

Sky-island montane forest; Greta Thunberg’s rainfrog.

Darién · Species described here

Remote rainforest; the Atelopus fronterizo harlequin toad.

Abel Batista with his camera and tripod deep in the forest

Scenes

Where the unnamed is searched for.