Below are selected pictures of
rainforest reptiles
from around the world. Other related photos may be found in the country sections on the left.
Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2006. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) eating a frog |
Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it |
Cave Dwelling snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat |
Close up on the lizard with blue eyes found in the Malaysian rainforest |
Close up headshot of the blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle |
Bronzeback snake in a tree |
Bronzeback snake in a tree |
Tree snake in Malaysia |
Caiman, Brazil |
Caiman, Brazil |
Caiman, Brazil |
Lizard, Costa Rica |
Male Iguana, Costa Rica |
Rainbow Ameivas, Honduras |
Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display |
Unknown bright green lizard in the Peruvian Amazon |
Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) |
Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus) |
Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus)
| Brookesia minima chameleon size comparison
| Brookesia minima on pack of gum |
Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon on leaf |
Brookesia superciliaris playing dead |
Brookesia peyrierasi in palm of hand |
Brookesia thieli chameleon |
Calumma parsoni chameleon near Perinet |
Furcifer pardalis (breeding coloration) |
Green Jeweled chameleon near Isalo |
Bright green Furcifer lateralis chameleon near Isalo
Furcifer lateralis chameleon ready to eat insect |
Furcifer lateralis (green) |
Phelsuma gecko in Ft. Dauphin |
Phelsuma gecko in Taolagnaro |
Phelsuma gecko |
Phelsuma quadriocellata gecko |
Uroplatus fimbriatus on tree trunk |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe |
Sailfin lizard |
Snake necked turtle (Chelodina seinbenrocki) |
Water dragon (Physignatus lesurii) |
Australian water dragon (Physignatus lesurii) |
Fijian iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) |
Crowned adamid (Hypsilurus dilophus) |
Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) |
Varanus komodoensis |
False gharial - Tomistoma schlegelii |
House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) |
Gecko lizard species with black markings |
House gecko on yellow-orange background |
Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) in a tree |
Wild Mountain Horned Dragon (Acanthosaurus armata) on tree trunk |
Close up of Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) found in the wild |
Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog |
Green vine snake in Malaysia |
Anole, Honduras |
Basiliscus Lizard, Honduras |
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Unknown bright green lizard in the Peruvian Amazon
Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta cornuta) |
Surveying crocodile hatchlings |
Green agama dragon lizard on tree trunk |
Bright green lizard (Bronchocela cristatella?) on tree trunk in Java, Indonesia |
Bright green lizard (Bronchocela cristatella?) in Java, Indonesia |
Sphenomorphus skink species on Java |
Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River |
Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard |
Water monitor (Varanus salvator) making its way through the Borneo swamp forest |
Tropidophorus micropus skink |
Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings |
House gecko in Sulawesi |
House gecko |
Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) |
Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) |
Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) |
Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor) with turquoise eyes |
Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) |
Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) |
Small water monitor lizard sunning itself |
Small water monitor lizard taking in the sun on the grass |
Varanus salvator monitor lizard |
Varanus salvator monitor lizard on the move |
Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog |
Painted Bronzeback Gmelin snake swallowing a frog |
Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake swallowing a frog |
Cave rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it |
Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by |
Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat
Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) |
Blue-eyed forest lizard in the Malaysian jungle; greenish-brown body |
Blue-eyed lizard in Malaysian rainforest |
Blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle |
Monitor Lizard, Australia |
Monitor Lizard, Australia |
Spiny tail Iguana, Costa Rica |
Boa, Costa Rica |
Anole, Costa Rica |
Black Iguana, Costa Rica |
Emarld boas |
Anole, Honduras |
Uroplatus Gecko, Madagascar |
Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log |
Brown anole lizard |
Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log |
Anole lizard |
Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru |
Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower |
Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree |
Male anole lizard displaying its bright orange dewlap |
Male Green Anolis lizard in canopy |
Anole lizard on vine |
Blunt-headed tree snake (Imantodes lentiferus) |
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) |
Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) |
Dwarf caiman (Palpebrosus trigonatus) in rainforest pond |
Examining a large snake |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Amazon race runner (Ameiva ameiva) in Peru |
Anole lizard (Anolis fuscoauratus) in Peru |
Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk |
Mabuya bistriata skink |
Agama, Cambodia |
Water Monitor, Thailand |
Water Monitor, Thailand |
Lizard, Venezuela
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