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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Female Parson's chameleon [Green with yellow eye) American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river (Costa Rica) Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) (Belize) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) (Belize) Dark gray and red butterfly (Costa Rica) This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered). Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) (Tanzania) White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) [female] (Tanzania) Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with its see-through eye lid partially open (Costa Rica) Green Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) Lioness (Tanzania) Spider eating an ant (Malaysia) Heliconius butterly (Belize) Elephant at sunset (Kenya) Tiger leech curled in a resting position (Malaysia) Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order) (Belize) Microcebus rufus (Brown mouse lemur) Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot (Costa Rica) Gray Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) Mantidactylus melanopleura Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) Orange Parson's chameleon (juvenile) Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) (Malaysia) White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerging Plains zebra (Kenya) Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) Gold dust day gecko, a lizard introduced to Hawaii from Madagascar Chameleon; Madagascar Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a territorial chase Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing Tractor millipede (Malaysia) Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum) (Kenya) Buffalo at sunset (Kenya) Montagne d'Ambre Panther chameleon Ring-tailed lemur with baby Red-Eyed Tree Frog in Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Elephants feeding on a grassy plain (Kenya) African elephant (Loxodonta africana) under the setting sun on the Chobe River Butterfly Yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) (Kenya) Nests of the Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) hanging in a tree (Belize) Red-and-green poison arrow frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) (Costa Rica) Margay sleeping atop a tree branch (Belize) Blue-nosed Chameleon (Calumma boettgeri) Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) (Costa Rica) Giant Milkweek Locust Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) (Belize) Hairy insect Oustalet's chameleon walking across sand near Isalo Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree (Belize) Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand Green stick insect (Costa Rica) Verreaux's Sifaka dancing Tree frog (Malaysia) Mandarin Goby (Pterosynchiropus splendidus) Madagascarophis colubrinus Three-striped posion arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back (Suriname) Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) (Malaysia) Sting ray buried in sand (Belize) Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Red-eyed tree frog Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen (Costa Rica) Guibemantis liber Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] Black butterfly with turquoise spots Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagei) Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name - Zorro] (Belize) Striped rodent (Tanzania) American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open (Costa Rica) Infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis) Smooth-sided toad (Bufo guttatus) (Suriname) Bohor reedbuck (Kenya) Female Black Lemur; Madagascar Furcifer balteatus (Ranomafana N.P.) Magenta insect (planthopper nymph?) with light blue feet and eyes (Suriname) Plated Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia stumpffi) Blue dragonfly (Malaysia) Ankarana Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta 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