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Below you will find a collection of photos from Panama. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler between 2004 and 2011. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


Environmental news for Panama










Crab at Culebra Point Marine Education Center
(pan01-1595)


Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Canopy Crane
(pan01-0375)


Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
(pan02-2079)


Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Jungle lining the Panama Canal near BCI
(pan01-0661)


Male anole in Panama
(pan01-0779)


Sunset

(Panama)


Male howler monkey



The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute uses a construction crane to study Panama's tropical forest canopy
(pan01-0452)


Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro
(pan01-0863a)


Panamanian black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) forest
(pan01-0612)


Lake Gatun and Barro Colorado Island



Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



View of Panama Bay from Casco Viejo at sundown
(pan01-0909)


Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in Panama
(pan02-1843)


Forest clearing along the Panama Canal



Aerial view of tropical rainforest in Bocas del Toro
(pan01-0885a)


Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Panama
(pan01-0602)


Red-eyed tree frog



Agouti



Harpy Eagle at Summit Park
(pan02-1934)


Buttress root of a canopy tree in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island
(pan01-0698)


Lady of the Night Orchid (Brassavola nodosa)
(pan02-1637)


Red poison-dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio)
(pan02-2161)


Baby spider monkey



Red-eyed tree frog on BCI



Halloween bug



Panamanian Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(pan02-2095)


Red-eyed tree frog



Herpetologist trying to save a Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog



Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest



Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
(pan01-0620)


Lavendar flowers from a Jacaranda tree blanketing the floor of the rainforest



Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute uses a construction crane to conduct tropical forest research in Panama
(pan01-0408)


Anole lizard shadow on a leaf



Black caterpillar with off-white stripes; yellow spines; and orange antenna
(pan01-0777)


Tayassu tajacu
(pan02-1906)


Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Central American Agouti eating a fallen fruit
(pan02-1824)


Deforestation in Panama
(pan01-0524)


Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio)
(pan01-0848a)


Juvenile White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus)
(pan02-1979)


Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)



Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Red-eyed tree frog



Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Dendrobates pumilio poison dark frog; blue color form
(pan01-0865)


Male howler monkey



Aerial view of an open pit mine in Panama
(pan02-2193)


A creek in Soberania National Park
(pan01-0784)


Small cicada



Blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) caterpillar
(pan01-0839)


Orange flowers



Black and white butterfly with a fake head



Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(pan02-2081)


Harpy eagle, the world's largest eagle



Red flower
(pan01-0802)


Fire fungi



Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(pan02-2096)


White moth
(pan01-0873)


Sunset behind the Panama Canal
(pan01-0912)


Palm frond



Male howler monkey



Turquoise and orange planthopper



Red-eyed tree frog



Caraugastor toad



Grasshopper



Red tomato Pristimantis frog species



Tropical forest of Soberania National Park
(pan01-0657)


Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous)
(pan02-1971)


Red-eyed green katydid


Hatchling Panamanian golden frogs are green, not yellow
Hatchling Panamanian golden frogs are green, not yellow



Research tower in Panama



Green tree frog (glassfrog)



Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest



Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree
(pan01-0707)


Wild Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)



Deforestation in Panama; as seen from above
(pan02-2182)


Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest



Tractors clearing forest in Panama
(pan01-0526)


Blushing Phantom butterfly (Cithaerias pireta)


Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)



Female Toad Mountain Harlequin Frog (Atelopus certus)



White flower of a tropical forest canopy tree in Parque Natural Metropolitano
(pan01-1578)


Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(pan02-1839)


Red-throated guan in flight



Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit
(pan02-2054)


Mongbay's Rhett Butler



Bamboo forest



Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus) on Barro Colorado Island in Panama
(pan02-1792)


Rhizophora mangle mangroves in Panama
(pan01-0601)


Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
(pan01-0623)


Panamanian Gecko
(pan01-0822)


Red-eyed tree frog



Aerial view of mangroves in the Bocas del Toro region
(pan01-0876)


Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)



Arachides toras caterpillar
(pan01-0856)

Mother Panamanian golden frog with green baby
Mother Panamanian golden frog with green baby



Rain forest canopy crane in Panama City's urban park
(pan01-0420)


Red-eyed tree frog



Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
(pan02-1663a)


Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Blushing Phantom (Cithaerias pireta), a clear-winged butterfly species



Butterfly



Cuipo; Cavanillesia platanifolia; a tree with a bulbous trunk
(pan01-0720)


Giant cane toad



Orange-eyed grasshopper



Gray Squirrel
(pan02-1880)


Red-eyed tree frog



Gray necked wood rail (Aramides cajanea)
(pan02-1869)


Blue skipper butterfly



Red fruit



Red-eyed tree frog



Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)



Locust with bright orange eyes



Mating butterflies


Hatchling Panamanian golden frogs are green, not yellow
Hatchling Panamanian golden frogs are green, not yellow



Herpetologist trying to save a Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog



STRI's rainforest canopy crane in Panama City
(pan01-0391)


Agouti



rhett



Red-eyed tree frog



Palm frond in the rainforest



Female spider monkey



Male howler monkey



Arachides toras caterpillar
(pan01-0857)


Path through a bamboo grove



White flower in the forest canopy of Parque Natural Metropolitano
(pan01-1575)


Red-eyed tree frog



Red-eyed tree frog



Stacked shipping containers at Miraflores lock
(pan02-2198)


Harpia harpyja at Summit Park
(pan02-1929)


Palm frond



Tent-making bat under a palm leaf
(pan01-0768)


Insects
(pan01-0833)


Soberania National Park
(pan01-0793)


Harpy eagle, the world's largest eagle



Green iguana in Panama
(pan01-1589a)


Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Leaf litter toad (Bufo typhonius alatus)
(pan01-0797)


Container ship passing through the Miraflores lock of the Panama canal
(pan01-0745)


Baby Toad Mountain Harlequin Frog (Atelopus certus)



Red-eyed tree frog



Thick woody liana in the rain forest of BCI
(pan01-0693)


Baby spider monkey



Red mangroves and sea grass beds at Galeta
(pan01-0618)


Black caterpillar with off-white stripes and yellow spines
(pan01-0773a)


Stick insect silhouetted on a leaf



Giant ceiba



crab

(Panama)






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