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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Freshwater turtle (Belize) Iguana Orange and black insect Moth that resembles a leaf Water Monitor; Thailand Juvenile caiman among water hyacinth Margay (Leopardus wiedii) (Belize) White butterfly (Peru) Brown beetle with black and red antenna (Belize) Hyla tree frog in Peru Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Chestnut Eared AraÁari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings (Suriname) Round black fury caterpillar (Peru) Green leaf katdid (Belize) Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings Three-striped posion dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) (Suriname) Mama macaque monkey with breast-feeding baby (Indonesia) Unknown bright green lizard in the Peruvian Amazon Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Green Arrow Frog Black and white butterfly feeding on flower nectar (Indonesia) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Woolly monkey hanging upside down Butterfly Red-bodied Orthetrum chrysis dragonfly in Malaysia (Malaysia) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) (Belize) Colombian Green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon Spider monkey in a yoga pose (Belize) Close up on baby gorilla (Gabon) Sailfin lizard Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) White insect with light orange spots Ground pheasant Green iguanas Adult male gorilla (Gabon) Young male gorilla posturing (Gabon) Shield bug Gecko lizard species with black markings (Indonesia) Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back (Peru) Blue and black butterfly in rainforest of Borneo (Indonesia) Green beetle (Suriname) Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments) Happy rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui (Indonesia) Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) Yellow grasshopper (Peru) Colombian Ocelot Male anole lizard displaying its orange dewlap (Guatemala) White furry caterpillar with yellow head and two orange spots at base of head (Peru) Lasaia agesilas butterfly (Peru) Gray Squirrel (pan02-1880) Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp) (Peru) Collared Peccaries (Belize) Close up of the Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus); the world's longest snake Lycorea halia butterfly (Peru) Black and orange banded insect (Suriname) Borneo bearded pig (Sus barbatus) feeding on rambutan fruit (Indonesia) Diaethria clymena butterfly (Peru) White-crested Laughingthrush (Indonesia) Parides Butterfly; Honduras Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species) (Peru) Bird (Belize) Caimen (Brazil) Large Malaysian jungle spider (Malaysia) Bee burrowing in the sand (Peru) Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous) (pan02-1971) Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk (Indonesia) Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus) Multi-colored grasshoppers Pregnant long-tailed macaque at Uluwatu; with breaking surf in the background (Indonesia) Brookesia superciliaris sleeping on leaf Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - local name Guatusa (Belize) Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect (Peru) Close-up on a leaf grasshopper Black insect (unknown) (Peru) Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands Multicolored grasshopper Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots (Peru) Alligator mississippiensis Rufous-capped thornbill Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest Bright green cicada (Indonesia) The Bearded Pig of Borneo; eating rambutan fruit (Indonesia) Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit (pan02-2054) Red and black caterpillar Brown leaf katydid Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) 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