Pictures of rainforest wildlife [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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Spider monkey (Belize) Green katydid Orange; green; black; yellow; and turquoise grasshopper Adult male proboscis monkey with baby (Indonesia) Calumma nasuta Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) Harpy eagle; profile head shot Tarantula (Guatemala) Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) (Belize) Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal (Brazil) Three beige; yellow; black; and white grasshoppers on a leaf (Peru) Scarlet macaw Walking stick insects mating (Peru) Giant green anole Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Suriname) Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog (Malaysia) Mass of caterpillars (Peru) Male Anole; Costa Rica Capuchin monkey (Suriname) Stork Pair of scarlet macaws Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Transparent-winged butterfly with orange; black; and white markings Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs (Peru) Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth (Peru) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Butterflies feeding on a flower Green grasshopper Varanus salvator monitor lizard (Malaysia) Western Crowned Pigeon Mother agouti with babies (Belize) Rehabilitated Adult Male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) eating a rambutan fruit (Indonesia) Frog with a green patch under its eye (Belize) Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard (Indonesia) Green; blue; yellow; red; and black grasshopper (Peru) Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick Scientific name: Ara chloroptera Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Orange butterfly (pan02-2037) Butterflies feeding on a flower Spectacled caiman Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs (Peru) Black; blue; and yellow butterfly Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) (Belize) Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia Tent-making bat under a palm leaf (pan01-0768) Common green iguana (Iguana iguana) Borneo forest squirrel (Indonesia) Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings Male Basilisk; Honduras Philodendron leaves (Belize) Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) (Belize) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) (Belize) Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name - Quash or Pizote] (Belize) Arachides toras caterpillar (pan01-0857) Varanus komodoensis Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings (Peru) Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) pair (Belize) Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud (Peru) Darth Vader planthopper Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest (Peru) Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephala) (Suriname) Blue-crowned pigeon (Goura cristata) Purple cicada with yellow spots and blue bands Brown katydid with green marking on its back (Peru) Spider monkey hanging in a tree (Belize) Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale (Peru) 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 White moth (pan01-0873) Orange; yellow; and black butterfly (Suriname) 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) Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark (Belize) 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) Dendrobates pumilio poison dark frog; blue color form (pan01-0865) rainforest wildlife: 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 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49