Pictures of dangerous 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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American crocodile (Belize) Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal (Brazil) Jaguar (Panthera onca) (Belize) Juvenile caiman Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name - red tiger] (Belize) Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal (Brazil) Tree viper Jaguar (Panthera onca) Crazy giant centipede Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Reticulated python, the world's longest snake Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [Local name -Aligata or Cocodrilo] (Belize) Young American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Underwater picture of Nile crocodiles Mountain lion (Puma concolor) (Belize) Juvenile caiman among water hyacinth Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) Jaguar (Panthera onca) (Belize) Tree viper Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal (Brazil) Large black caiman in an oxbow lake Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel (Belize) American crocodile (Belize) Nile crocodile Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) American crocodile (Belize) Orange eyelash viper Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguar licking its chops Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) World's venemous poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road (Thailand) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) American crocodile (Belize) Albino alligator Nile crocodiles King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road (Thailand) Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake (Brazil) American crocodile (Belize) King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai (Thailand) Yellow eyelash viper American crocodile (Belize) Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize - Yellow-jaw tommygoff] (Belize) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Reticulated python (Python reticulatus) Crazy giant centipede American crocodile [Local Belizean name -Aligata or Cocodrilo] (Belize) American crocodile (Belize) Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) Jaguar opening its mouth Stonefish (Synanceja verrucosa) Jaguar (Panthera onca) Rhinoceros viper (Bitis rhinoceros) Jaguar Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) Fer-de-lance (Belize) Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor) Crazy giant centipede Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel (Belize) Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Asiatic cobra (Naja naja) Reticulated python (Python reticulatus) Jaguar (Panthera onca) at eye level (Belize) King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake (Brazil) Jaguar (Panthera onca) at eye level (Belize) King cobra poised to strike Albino alligator Jaguar (Panthera onca) licking its lips (Belize) Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal (Brazil) Crazy giant centipede Sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) in captivity Tree viper King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai (Thailand) Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel (Belize) Tree viper Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) Bothriechis schlegelii Sidewinder or Horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) Jaguar (Panthera onca) (Belize) Fer-de-lance snake (Belize) Tree viper Fer-de-lance (Belize) dangerous animals: Page 1 | Page 2