We didn’t see any monkeys in Sapo National Park, even though we heard both chimpanzees and Diana monkeys. We barely even saw any birds, through all the leaves and moss. Plenty of insects, and some bats scared us half to death when they flew out of a tree by the river, but that’s about it. The rain forest is simply too dense to see anything that doesn’t want to be seen.
So maybe that’s why we got so excited when we came upon a little, tiny frog in the middle of the trail, barely visible from above where it was sitting among all the brown leaves. Silly, really, for a little frog. But once I got close with my camera, I could see it was quite beautiful, really, with its clear eyes and green belly. Augustin said it was called a Togo Yensi frog. Our little piece of Sapo wildlife.
Katja Malmborg 