Pictures of rainforest wildlife

Images of rainforest wildlife taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Red poison-dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar

Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru

Unknown forest anole

Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name: red tiger]

Baby green iguana

Baby green iguana

White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [local name: Venado]

Rainbow Ameivas (Cnemidophorus deppei) in forest leaf litter in Parque Tayrona Colombia

Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio)

Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro

Tortoise Beetle family Chrysomelidae subfamily Hispinae (Orange and yellow beetle with black spots)

Anole in the Amazon

Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth

Giant ceiba borer (Euchroma giganteum)

Venomous snake in the Amazon

Headshot of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)

Brown tree frog (Osteocephalus planiceps) near Puerto Narino

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Amazonian leaf frog

Amazonian leaf lizard

Black caterpillar with off-white stripes; yellow spines; and orange antenna

Pink toe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)

Spectacled caiman

Squirrel monkey

Amazonian leaf frog

Baby green iguana

White a dark red-stripped butterfly

Furcifer pardalis chameleon

Camouflaged frog

Blue-eyed dragonflies

Spider monkey hanging in a tree

Amazonian wax-tailed fulgorid (Lystra lanata)

Hemicentetes semispinosus tenrec

Red howler monkey howling

Brown grasshoppers mating

Forest gecko in the Amazon

Amazonian cicada

Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Red howler monkey [br_co-0334]

Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies

Headshot of a rainbow skink

Calumma brevicorne (Andasibe)

Assassin Bug family Reduviidae (Red bug)

Baby green iguana

Black orange and light blue butterfly on a Heliconia leaf possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"

Black blue and orange butterfly in Colombia

Venomous snake in the Amazon

Manu Cloud Forest Lodge

Blue-eyed dragonflies

Frog with a green patch under its eye

Forest gecko in the Amazon

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8754]

Harpy Eagle at Summit Park

Anaconda with tongue extended

Blue-eyed dragonflies

Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii)

Poisonous Automeris moth caterpillar displaying its neon green but venemous spines

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

Central American Agouti eating a fallen fruit

Giant black and red jungle tarantula possibly Pamphobeteus petersi or Red rump tarantula (Brachypelma vagans)

Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)

Forest gecko in the Amazon

Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro]

Boophis (?) frog at Andasibe

Butterfly in the Amazon rainforest canopy

Female Long-haired Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)

Grasshopper devouring a leaf while mating

Yellow and black banded caterpillar

Squirrel monkey

Cane toad (Bufo marinus) in the wild

Orange-spotted tigerwing butterfly (Mechanitis polymnia)

Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back

Squirrel monkey

False coral snake

Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) sleeping on the buttress root of a rainforest tree

Phelsuma guttata Day Gecko on bamboo

Red black yellow and white caterpillar

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark

Pink toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)

Squirrel monkey

Camouflaged frog

Green iguana in the rainforest canopy

Squirrel monkey

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Skimmer family Libellulidae (Rasberry dragonfly)

Amazonian leaf lizard

Squirrel monkey

Thin spider-like harvestman in the Amazon

Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)

Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)

Squirrel monkey

Leaf-cutter ant

Pink toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)

Phelsuma guttata Gecko in leaf

Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Brookesia superciliaris chameleon; Masoala NP

Purple flowers in forest understorey

Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Leaf toad (Bufo cf. margaritifer) in the Amazon. Identification by Alexander Gostner.

Male spider monkey standing

Common green iguana (Iguana iguana) on a tree trunk in the Amazon rainforest

Giant Metallic Ceiba Borer

Western Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus mauritius)

Orange green black yellow and turquoise grasshopper

Rainbow grasshopper

Pair of "rainbow" grasshoppers

Green grasshopper

Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia

Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)

Camouflaged frog

Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree

Male anole in Panama

Red Bill Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

Squirrel monkey

Nest of Tetragonisca angustula stingless bees family Apidae tribe Meliponini

Green and brown grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head

White butterfly with blue eyes

Amazonian leaf lizard

Orange and yellow beetle

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize: Gallin garza]

Venomous snake in the Amazon

Jaguar emerging from the Pantanal

Juvenile caiman

Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon on twig

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Brown grasshopper

White palm grubs

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Brookesia superciliaris playing dead

Hyla tree frog close up

Juvenile White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Orange planthopper

Green grasshopper

Brookesia superciliaris chameleon in leaf litter

Calumma Parsoniia (Andasibe)

Squirrel monkey

Amazonian leaf frog

Red black and white butterfly - Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea)

Panamanian Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

Multicolored grasshopper

Pill Millipede (Green color)

Squirrel monkey

Giant ceiba borer (Euchroma giganteum)

Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in Panama

Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper

Furry red caterpillar

Green iguana in Panama

Yellow-handed Titi Monkey

Turquoise fly with black wings and bright red eyes

Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) [local name in Belize: Pelicano]

Common caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

Squirrel monkey

Fishing spider in Colombia

Orange-spotted tigerwing butterfly (Mechanitis polymnia)

Black skimmer (family Libellulidae) with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)

Amazonian praying mantis

Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp)

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