Dangling from the trees high above the rainforest floor this extreme photographer goes to great lengths in search of the world's rarest species. Meet Guido Sterkendries - the real-life Tarzan photographer who lives in the tree-tops observing his subjects. Travelling deep into the rainforests of Panama and Brazil the Belgian ecologist and wildlife photographer spends up to two weeks at a time perched in a specially constructed canopy that allows him to climb out onto branches to photograph rare and species
From his precarious perch, Guido has photographed never-before seen species such as the blue arboreal poison dart frog seen here
A dominant male black and gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) chattering in the Pantanal tropical wetland in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
An as yet unidentified species of caterpillar in the low-lying rainforest in Colon Province, Panama
A red eye tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) walks along a branch in the rainforest in Colon Province, Panama
The Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) in the rainforest in Panama
White-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). These highly intelligent monkeys ran away with the photographer's drying underwear
The rainy season is mating time for a pair of red eye tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) in the rainforest in Panama
A mosquito sucking the blood of an Anoles lizard in Panama. This image shows that even the cold-blooded can get bitten
The almost extinct golden frog in the low-lying rainforest in Colle Province, Panama
Hanging between two giant trees, the photographer takes shots of the habitat of the almost extinct golden frogs
Highky endangered golden frogs sit on rocks in a creek in the low-lying rainforest in Colle Province, Panama
A Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) - the largest and most powerful raptor of the Americas - is seen in the Pantanal tropical wetland in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
