Alejandro Arteaga at NFT gallery Alejandro Arteaga at NFT gallery

Alejandro Arteaga

Ecuadorian–Venezuelan entrepreneurial biologist, photographer, and CEO of Khamai Foundation, an NGO seeking to restore the Amazon rainforest and promote biodiversity research. Founder of the Arteaga Species Discovery Fund, the world’s first fund devoted to the discovery of new species.

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Five dazzling new species of eyelash vipers discovered

New species of coffee snake discovered in Ecuador

New video: Finding new species in the rainforest

Scientific publications by Alejandro Arteaga

Posters about the reptiles of Ecuador

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New video: graveyard sanctuaries of Ecuador

New video: 2023 expedition to Colombia

Cover of the Reptiles of Ecuador book

Reptiles of Ecuador

A book about Ecuador’s 494 species of reptiles.

Alejandro Arteaga’s NFT collection

NFT collection

Arteaga’s top 50 photos as NFTs.

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Sponsor new species

Support one of 12 projects on new species discovery.

Amazon rainforest sunset at Pitalala Reserve

Creating Pitalala

Khamai’s first protected area in the Amazon rainforest.

Researcher holding a lightbulb lizard

New project

Discovering the lightbulb lizards of Ecuador.

Green anaconda in a lagoon

Upcoming project

Tracking green anacondas in the Ecuadorian Amazon.