STUNNING REPTILES Found DEEP in the RAINFOREST | Mike Tytula

​@Mike Tytulaof Alpha Reptile returns to the podcast to share incredible stories from his herping trip to Costa Rica with Adam Wickens from @Wickens Wicked Reptiles, Dayyan Saylany of @Reptiliatus, and videographer, Nadim. Mike tells us about their journey through the various rainforest ecosystems of Costa Rica on both the Caribbean and Pacific sides of the country as well as a short trip into the cloud forest. We discuss the stunning reptile and amphibian species they encountered, the challenges of herping through the rainforest, and how the experience has altered Mike's approach to herpetoculture.

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0:00 Coming Up
1:20 Guest Introduction
3:30 Housekeeping
4:14 Welcome Mike / Why did you go on the trip?
9:33 What supplies did you bring?
12:26 Arrival and First Herping trip
14:36 Trip Itinerary
17:09 How does CR Wild work? Using Guides
22:40 The Caribbean Side / Bullet Ant Bite
33:30 How difficult is hiking through the Rainforset?
36:05 Days in the Caribbean
38:57 Favorites Species found?
40:41 The Cloud Forest
44:40 Finding the Bothriechis lateralis (Side-striped Palm-pit viper)
47:55 The South Pacific / Oso Pennisula
49:45 Palm plantation / slash and burn
55:35 Herping in Oso / Ocelot & Tapir / Wrapping up the Trip
1:07:18 CR Wild Service / Cristian
1:10:40 How has this changed herpetoculture for you?
1:21:52 YouTube Series
1:27:44 Closing Thoughts
1:31:34 Outro

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