Pictures of animals [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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.

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Sleeping blue morpho butterfly (Costa Rica) White-footed lepilemur (Lepilemur leucopus) Black; red; and yellow butterfly (Costa Rica) Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Excited ring-tailed lemur Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) (Belize) Insect (Suriname) Multi-colored spider (Malaysia) Headshot of a rainbow skink Male Anole; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Orange; black; and yellow butterfly (Costa Rica) Verreaux's sifaka in Isalo Ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) eating with baby on back Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe Young female lion (Tanzania) Waxy monkey frog Metallic click beetle Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) collecting grass (Tanzania) Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a heated chase Lion approaching a wildebeest herd (Kenya) Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots (Costa Rica) Scarlet Macaws; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) (Malaysia) Aerial view of large herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Okavango delta Green spotted frog (Malaysia) Red howler monkey howling Brookesia superciliaris chameleon; Masoala NP Elongated blue and orange insect (Malaysia) Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean - local name) (Belize) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea (Costa Rica) Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) Parson's chameleon (red and yellow) Uroplatus Gecko; Madagascar Phelsuma modesta modesta gecko in Taolagnaro Lizard; Costa Rica Oustalet's chameleon walking across sand near Isalo Frog (Kenya) Spiny caterpillar (Costa Rica) Leaping Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes) Chameleon; Madagascar Furcifer pardalis chameleon Mekong River Dolphin (Laos) Coquerel's sifakas kissing Clouded monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis nebulosus) (Laos) Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen (Costa Rica) Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker (Tanzania) Squirrel Monkey; Costa Rica Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark (Belize) Scarlet Macaws; Costa Rica Lion cubs (Tanzania) Woolly monkey Uroplatus fimbriatus on trunk Red; orange; white; black (Malaysia) Elephants on a sandy riverbed (Tanzania) Bohor Reedbuck doe licking her ankle (Kenya) Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe Boophis frog; Masoala National Park American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open (Costa Rica) Moth Leaf-mimicking insect (Suriname) Pill Millipede (Green color) Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) Spotted hyena (Kenya) Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize - Gallin garza] (Belize) Red-eyed tree frog Approaching elephant (Tanzania) Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake Spider monkey (Belize) Male panther chameleon (breeding coloration) Pair of plains zebra (Kenya) Calumma nasuta Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind while perched on sharp limestone tsingy Flock of storks in flight Skipper butterfly (Hesperioidea) Heliconius hecale butterfly Tractor millipede (Malaysia) Sifakas in a dry forest in southern Madagascar Orphaned orangutan playing with a lead at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center in Sabah (Malaysia) Plains zebra (Kenya) Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hanging in a tree Baby brown lemur Male Black Lemur Sea turtle hatchlings (Costa Rica) Sleeping reddish-brown Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne) Lion cubs (Tanzania) animals: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70 | Page 71 | Page 72 | Page 73 | Page 74 | Page 75 | Page 76 | Page 77 | Page 78 | Page 79 | Page 80 | Page 81 | Page 82 | Page 83 | Page 84 | Page 85 | Page 86 | Page 87 | Page 88 | Page 89 | Page 90 | Page 91 | Page 92 | Page 93 | Page 94 | Page 95 | Page 96 | Page 97