Pictures of biotopes [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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Foxtail growing as aquatic plant in an Oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon Tres Chimbadas Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Rainforest creek in Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) Blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake in Manu National Park in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Deep rainforest pool on the Batang river (Indonesia) Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River (Malaysia) Darter characin in blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail growing as aquatic plant in an Oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon Tres Chimbadas Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Foxtail growing as aquatic plant in an Oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon Tres Chimbadas Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake off the Rio Tambopata in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake in Manu National Park in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Upside Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) in West African biotope tank Barbs in their natural habitat Foxtail aquatic plant and water lilies growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Aquatic grass (Indonesia) Foxtail aquatic plant growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake off the Rio Tambopata in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Pike cichlid fish species in blackwater creek; its natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plant growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Flooded forest in the California Academy of Sciences Ex-captive Borneo Orang-utans in tree (Indonesia) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake off the Rio Tambopata in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River (Malaysia) Festium cichlid fish species in blackwater creek; its natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plant and water lilies growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Elongated cyprind fish in Malaysian blackwater creek (Malaysia) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake off the Rio Tambopata in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Bottom-dwelling fish Deep rainforest pool on the Batang river Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River (Malaysia) Cyprinds in the Tahan river (Malaysia) Foxtail aquatic plant and water lilies growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red Rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisus) in its natural habitat: Lake Sentani Foxtail aquatic plant and water lilies growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plant growing in natural habitat Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake in Manu National Park in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake in Manu National Park in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Halfbeaks in Borneo Foxtail aquatic plants in Amazon Oxbow lake Underwater shot of Hornwort / Foxtail - Ceratophyllum demersum. Location: Oxbow lake off the Rio Tambopata in the upper Peruvian Amazon (Peru) Glowlight like characins Underwater shot of tetras in their native habitat. Hemigrammus sp. Location: Blackwater stream near Manu in the Amazon rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blackwater creek Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blackwater swamp vegetation (Indonesia) Seasonal lake in the rainforest of Gabon (Gabon) Water lettuce growing in a muddy swampy area (Gabon) Blackwater creek in Gabon (Gabon) biotopes: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4