Pictures of rainforest 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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Red millipede on log Male Cynomolgus monkey eating a banana (Indonesia) Tortoise - unknown Red beetle (Suriname) Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast (Indonesia) Orange and dark green beetle (Suriname) Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) (Peru) Red-eyed tree frog 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). Barking Deer; Cambodia Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs (Indonesia) Malaysian forest rat (Malaysia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Adult male Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui (Indonesia) Black dragonfly with red rearparts Crab-eating monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) grooming (Indonesia) Red-eyed treefrog Brown; orange; and white butterfly (Suriname) Four Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) on tree branch Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) grooming in a tree (Indonesia) Malagasy Kingfisher (Manambolo) Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus) Pair of Red-fan Parrots (Deroptyus accipitrinus) Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) House gecko in Sulawesi (Indonesia) Leaf cutter ants entering their nest Green pill millipede rolled in ball Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) Giraffe-necked Weevil Mating grasshoppers on a blade of grass Adult Female Proboscis Monkey in tree (Indonesia) Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk (Gabon) Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) (Suriname) Phelsuma Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight (Suriname) Blood-sucking leech reaching for a person's hand (Indonesia) Metallic green beetle (Suriname) Golden Mantella poison frog from Madagascar Golden-eyed tree frog near Puerto Narino Yellow and blue poison arrow frog guarding its nest (Suriname) Long-tailed Macaque on boardwalk at Rimba Lodge (Indonesia) Yellow; green; blue; and gray lizard (Suriname) Mama macaque monkey with baby (Indonesia) Woolly monkey Macaw clay lick from a distance Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) South American rattlesnake Forest lizard (Suriname) Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf Silverback feeding while seated in leafy vegetation (Uganda) Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe (Suriname) Baby Furcifer oustaleti Forest lizard (Suriname) Butterfly chrysalis found on a savanna grass in Gabon (Gabon) Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log (Peru) Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe) Three-striped posion arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back (Suriname) Large ant in Borneo rainforest (Indonesia) Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia Orange butterfly in Borneo (Indonesia) Mottled gray and black grasshopper Young orang-utan in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Owl; Cambodia Red-eyed treefrog Butterfly on beach Monitor Lizard; Australia Green grasshopper (Gabon) Caterpillar rolled in a leaf (Suriname) Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna) Yellow-handed titi at an Amazon rehabilitation center Bright green grasshopper Red and black dragonfly young female Calmma brevicornis Blue-crowned Motmot (Costa Rica) Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf Mottled cricket (Suriname) juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima Flower with ant (unidentified species) in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (Costa Rica) Red; black; and brown butterfly with white spots Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Bright red insect on leaf in rainforest (Indonesia) Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing a tree trunk (Suriname) rainforest 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