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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Black scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) in a ground burrow (Malaysia) Brown grasshopper Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings (Indonesia) Parrot Parrot Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf (Peru) Green grasshopper Orange; yellow; and black butterfly (Suriname) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Owl butterfly (Peru) Unknown insect (Peru) Callicore cynosura butterfly feeding on minerals from a muddy river bank (Peru) Baby gorilla looking towards the sky (Gabon) Male anole lizard displaying its bright orange dewlap (Peru) Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird Also known as the Collared Inca Hummingbird. Locally called the Picaflor de Collar Inca Location: Pueblo at Machu PicchuV (Peru) Giant dragonfly (Suriname) Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud (Peru) Three gorillas in a line (Gabon) Small brown insect with red marking (Peru) Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf Frog; Thailand Pregnant long-tailed macaque eating a pineapple at Uluwatu (Indonesia) Close up headshot of the blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle (Malaysia) Young gorilla running (Gabon) Eastern lowland gorilla in Bwindi (Uganda) Macaque showing its tongue at Uluwatu (Indonesia) Giant black and red tarantula in the Amazon rainforest Dung beetle pushing a ball of dung (Gabon) Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Praying mantis standing guard of its tree (Peru) Butterfly on hand (Peru) Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings Brown walking stick Insect (Suriname) Monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) emerging from a tree hollow (Malaysia) Panacea prola butterfly; wings open (Peru) Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest (Peru) Insects; Malaysia Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles (Peru) Butterfly (Suriname) Black; orange; and light blue butterfly Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) (Suriname) Baby gorilla in the arms of a care taker at Evengue (Gabon) Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru) Yellow and blue poison arrow frog (Suriname) Hornbill Brown butterfly on the forest floor Hippo bearing its teeth at Iguela in a lagoon bordering Loango National Park in Gabon (Gabon) Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) Large bamboo-like walking stick insect (Peru) Captive harpy eagle Furcifer willsii (Female) Buterfly with eye-spots (Suriname) Fire ants in Borneo (Indonesia) Giant walking stick (Suriname) Estuary gharial Male silverback eastern lowland gorilla feeding (Uganda) Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) Click beetle with glow lights (Peru) Brown grasshopper Close up on eyes of young gorilla at rehabilitation center (Gabon) Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae (Indonesia) Leaf toad in the Colombian Amazon Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Leaf mimic insect Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River (Indonesia) Scarlet macaw in flight (Costa Rica) Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed (Peru) Woolly monkey Black and orange beetle Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs (Peru) Green Arrow Frog Black and yellow butterflies at river's edge (Peru) Deep red millipede on forest floor (Indonesia) Reddish-brown stick insect (Peru) Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) in Loango National Park; Gabon (Gabon) Scarlet macaw (Costa Rica) Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings (Peru) White insect with black spots and an orange head Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (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