Pictures of rainforest reptiles [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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Uroplatus Gecko; Madagascar Blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle (Malaysia) House gecko in Sulawesi (Indonesia) Gecko's eye (Suriname) Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) (Suriname) Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (Costa Rica) Green tree snake (Suriname) Group of green iguanas in a tree (Costa Rica) Mertens' Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi) The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is found on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica (Costa Rica) False gharial - Tomistoma schlegelii Yellow; green; blue; and gray lizard (Suriname) Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) (Suriname) Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon Cave rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it (Malaysia) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Emarld boas Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Green tree python with turquoise spots (Morelia viridis) Small water monitor lizard sunning itself (Malaysia) Langaha madagascariensis (female) snake Anole; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Green anaconda Agama; Cambodia Male Green Anolis lizard in canopy Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Iguanas (Costa Rica) Forest lizard (Suriname) Anole; Honduras Anaconda in the Amazon Surveying crocodile hatchlings (Gabon) Maroon-spotted brown lizard (Suriname) Yellow; green; blue; and gray lizard (Suriname) Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru (Peru) Snake (Suriname) Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) (Malaysia) Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) (Suriname) Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog (Malaysia) Skink on tree trunk in Java (Indonesia) Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) (Suriname) Anole; Costa Rica Brown and gray lizard (Gabon) Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log (Peru) Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by (Malaysia) Yellow eyelash viper Tropidophorus micropus skink (Indonesia) Orange-headed lizard (pan02-1928) Blue-tailed skink in Tayrona New Guinea Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) Striped or banded green iguana (Costa Rica) Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat (Malaysia) Monitor Lizard; Australia Blood Python (Python curtus) Sphenomorphus skink species on Java (Indonesia) Adult male green iguana (Costa Rica) Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake swallowing a frog (Malaysia) Varanus salvator monitor lizard on the move (Malaysia) Anole lizard (Anolis sp.) in Peru (Peru) Lizard on a tree trunk Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log (Peru) Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi) Rainbow skink Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis) Flying gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli) Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) (Malaysia) Orange-headed lizard in Gabon (Gabon) Wild Mountain Horned Dragon (Acanthosaurus armata) on tree trunk (Malaysia) Calumma brevicornis (male) (Ranomafana N.P.) Boa; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Fijian iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Water monitor (Varanus salvator) making its way through the Borneo swamp forest (Indonesia) Brown anole lizard Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) (Suriname) Forest lizard (Suriname) Close up on the lizard with blue eyes found in the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) Monitor Lizard; Australia Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (Costa Rica) Bright green lizard (Bronchocela cristatella?) on tree trunk in Java; Indonesia (Indonesia) Water Monitor; Thailand Common Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (Costa Rica) Blue-eyed forest lizard in the Malaysian jungle; greenish-brown body (Malaysia) Green anaconda underwater Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) (Peru) Amazon tortoise Small water monitor lizard taking in the sun on the grass (Malaysia) Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) (Malaysia) rainforest reptiles: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7