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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Cabybara with bird in strange position Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) 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). White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its canines (Costa Rica) Three-striped posion arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) (Suriname) Male Cynomolgus monkey eating a banana (Indonesia) Female Western lowland gorilla touching its nose Toad (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Green and brown cicada (Malaysia) Unknown bird (Malaysia) Jaguar paw print Phelsuma barbouri (Andingitra) Green moth with a black body (Costa Rica) Multi-colored spider (Malaysia) Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea (Costa Rica) Red lored parrot on a palm tree (Costa Rica) Tree frog in the rain forest of Borneo (Indonesia) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) (Costa Rica) Sunning American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) near the Tarcoles Bridge (Costa Rica) Red Borneo centipede (Malaysia) Emerald Boa Blunt-headed treesnake (Imantodes lentiferus) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a banana leaf (Costa Rica) Leaf frog (Costa Rica) Red-eyed tree frog White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs (Costa Rica) Pink insect (planthopper nymph?) with turquoise feet and eyes (Suriname) Small water monitor (Varanus salvator) (Indonesia) Red-eyed treefrog Heliconius sara butterfly Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Orangutan at Sepilok (Malaysia) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Tarantula wasp (Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes; orange wings; and orange antenna) (Costa Rica) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its fangs (Costa Rica) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) Rainforest lizard Green Arrow Frog Macaque on rock (Indonesia) Capuchin monkey with crazy eyes (Suriname) Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) (Costa Rica) Red and green dart poison frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) (Costa Rica) Dragonfly (Suriname) Large armored beetle (Malaysia) Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community (Suriname) Mother orangutan with infant (Indonesia) Red-eyed tree frog Cryptic grasshopper (Malaysia) Leaf toad (Bufo margaritifer) (Suriname) Young orangutan (Malaysia) Sea turtle hatchlings (Costa Rica) Green katydid (Costa Rica) Brown grasshopper (Peru) Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight (Costa Rica) Rehabilitated orangutan pondering (Indonesia) Large-nosed Male Proboscis Monkey smelling fruit (Indonesia) Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a leaf (Costa Rica) Swainsonís Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) (Suriname) Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia Juvenile Lateralis chameleon in Isalo (Isalo) Termites (Suriname) Mother Panamanian golden frog with green baby Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea (Costa Rica) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Green Crested Lizard high in the rainforest canopy (Malaysia) Anole (Costa Rica) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) (Suriname) Macaws feeding on clay wall Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Green sea turtle limb--killed by a jaguar Sunbird (Malaysia) Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) at the mud volcano in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Red dragonfly (Suriname) Macaques wrestling (Indonesia) Orangutan at Sepilok (Malaysia) Draco flying lizard (Malaysia) White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs (Costa Rica) Leaf toad (Bufo margaritifer) (Suriname) Black butterfly with white; magenta; and red markings (Costa Rica) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) (Costa Rica) Yellow and black insect (Malaysia) Fly (Suriname) Orangutan at Sepilok (Malaysia) Reddish spider (Malaysia) Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined (Costa Rica) Red Borneo centipede (Malaysia) Green Tree Dragon ( Bronchocela cristatella ) (Malaysia) Anole lizard (Costa Rica) 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