Pictures of 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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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko Purple heron in flight (Gabon) Brown spider Spiny black; white; and orange caterpillar (Costa Rica) Borno Gliding leopard tree frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) Masked frog (Smilisca phaeota) croaking in a pool (Costa Rica) Black Lemurs; Madagascar Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Costa Rica) Common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) Butterfly peeking over a leaf (Brazil) Glass Frog; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Water buffalo (Kenya) Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar (Belize) Poisonous caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines Ex-captive Adult Male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) (Indonesia) Infant elephant (Kenya) Ant (Suriname) Mother tarsier and baby Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) (pan01-0620) Turquoise, black, and white butterfly (Thailand) Red orb spider feeding (Costa Rica) Cabybara 0 (Indonesia) Gecko Brown katydid (Costa Rica) Flounder camouflaged in the sand (Belize) Male Panther chameleon Juvenile African puff adder (Bitis arietans) (Tanzania) Black Kite (Milvus migrans) (Tanzania) Butterfly Calumma parsonii chameleon Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) Red Bill Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) Red-eyed tree frog on BCI Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes Spider monkey hanging in a tree (Belize) Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro (pan01-0863a) Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest Black honeybee (Costa Rica) Alien insects next to their red eggs (Costa Rica) Bronzeback snake in a tree (Malaysia) Bronzeback snake in a tree (Malaysia) Calumma oshaughnessyi oshaughnessyi chameleon Red insect Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Red poison-dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio) (pan02-2161) Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} (Tanzania) Brown snake with dark brown markings (Costa Rica) Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) Ring-tailed lemurs paddycake Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) Turquoise-headed black flying insect (Brazil) Ringtail Lemur; Madagascar White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) Squirrel Monkey; Costa Rica (Costa Rica) Blue morpho with its wings closed (Costa Rica) Strange insect with red and yellow wings (Costa Rica) Elephants crossing a river bed (Tanzania) Lizard Deep red millipede on forest floor Group of White-nosed Coati (Costa Rica) Pair of Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) following a column of army ants (Costa Rica) Giant yellow planarian in the rain forest of Indonesia Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) (Belize) Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) on the lookout Leaf-mimicking praying mantis (Suriname) Cane toad (Bufo marinus) in the wild Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Thomas' Leaf Monkey in tree Verreaux's Sifaka; Madagascar Uroplatus phantasticus Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) Baby caiman (Costa Rica) Lizard seen from the underside of a leaf (Costa Rica) Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill (Tanzania) Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach (Malaysia) Green Crested Lizard high in the rainforest canopy (Malaysia) Impala (Aepyceros melampus ) (Kenya) Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) (Costa Rica) Frog with a green patch under its eye (Belize) Caiman; 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