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Below you will find a collection of photos from Colombia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011. 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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Stick insect with orange feet



Blue morpho with wings closed



Yellow-handed Titi Monkey



Yellow and black spider in its web



Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona



Amazon tortoise



Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower



Toad formerly known as Bufo typhonius, probably Bufo cf. margaritifer. Identification by Alexander Gostner.



Anaconda in the Amazon



Black Tiger Beetle, family Carabidae, subfamily Cicindelinae, with orange parasites



Green anole in Parque Tayrona



Green anaconda



Monk saki monkey (Pithecia monachus)



Rainbow lizard



Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry



Brown millipede (Polydesmidae family) on the trunk of a canopy tree. Identification by Alexander Gostner.



Cnemidophorus deppei lizard in Colombia



Red ceacilian (an amphibian) on the floor of the Amazon rainforest



Unknown katydid



Red-Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon rubra) [ID uncertain]. ID suggestion by Anna Vittone



Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon



Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red rearparts



Wooly Monkey, not the Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)



Leaf-mimicking grasshopper



Black beetle with yellow zigzag pattern (Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae)



False coral snake



Woolly monkey



Gray grasshopper



Woolly monkey



Close headshot of a tapir



Yellow-headed Soldier Fly, family Stratiomyidae (a true fly that resembles a bee)



Rainbow skink



Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon



Heliconius butterfly in Santuario OtĂșn Quimbaya



Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower



Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest



Woolly monkey



Black caterpillar with orange spots



Multi-colored grasshopper



Brown cricket



Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon



Jaguar opening its mouth



Parrot



Bright green katydid



Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena)



Green anole in Colombia



Snake anti-venom



Tree frog



Neon green caterpillar in the Amazon rainforest



Parrot



Jaguar licking its chops



Black spiny caterpillar



Black, blue, and orange butterfly



Camouflaged grey anolis lizard high in the forest canopy of the Amazon



Lizard on a tree trunk



Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf



Brown spider on its web



Anilius scytale coral snake



Black caterpillar with long white hairs, a yellow stripe, and red parts



Mating grasshoppers on a blade of grass




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