Pictures of wildlife

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

Red-eyed skimmer (family Libellulidae) [brazil_1164]

Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-0143]

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Uroplatus fimbriatus on tree trunk

Galapagos sea lion

Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_0282]

Lion approaching a wildebeest herd

Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus}

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)

Multicolored dragonfly

Moth [madagascar_1648]

Male Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) chewing on grass

Common crowned pigeon (Goura cristata)

Rainbow grasshopper

Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3425]

Caiman with eyeshine

Sweat bees emerging from a hive

Mama Sumatran rhino with calf

Green sea turtle

Olive baboon (Papio anubis)

Red poison-dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio)

Baby sea turtle on a Costa Rican beach

Dragonfly with rainbow wings

Caiman [colombia_4760]

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar

Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru

Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2350]

Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker

Blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Cicada emerging from from its larval stage

Male frigatebird with its red throat pouch inflated

Herd of Masai giraffe

Indochinese lutung (Trachypithecus germaini)

Black-headed trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)

Tree runner (Plica umbra)

Green sea turtle

Stink birds in the Amazon

Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris)

Thomas' Leaf Monkey

Galapagos tortoise

Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)

Yellow Parson's chameleon

Unknown forest anole

Butterfly peeking over a leaf

Large African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Blue green and copper colored grasshopper with large red eyes and yellow antennae (Java)

Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula)

Drone photo of a whale shark feeding the ocean surface

Gecko [java_0654]

Orange planthopper

Turquoise insect with orange legs

Orange and blue planthopper [mcar_0007]

Panamanian golden harlequin toad

Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda)

Blue and black butterfly

Spinner dolphins

Jabiru stork taking flight [brazil_1724]

Galapagos tortoise

Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center -- sabah_3921

Galapagos tortoise

Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center

Red-eyed tree frog

Spiny-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon

Green longhorn beetle

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

Sea lion colony

Rainforest Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) [female]

Baby green iguana

Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)

Baby green iguana

Elephants in Kenya

Clown tree frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

Green forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0210]

Rainbow panther chameleon

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus

Orangutan hanging in tree

Black violet and green damselfly

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

Red-eyed dragonfly [kalbar_1607]

Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)

Water monitor on Sapi Island

Deep red millipede on forest floor (Toraja Land (Torajaland) Sulawesi)

Galapagos sea lion

African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)

Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center -- sabah_3941

Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Plumed basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

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

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

Rescued leopard cat

Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)

Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio)

Pair of orphaned orangutans

Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)

Boa constrictor in Bocas del Toro

Marine iguana on a red sand beach

Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)

Orangutan in tree

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

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

Squirrel monkey

African fish eagle

Mama Sumatran rhino with calf

Anole in the Amazon

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) covering its eyes with its trunk

Green sea turtle

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus

Bohor Reedbuck doe licking her ankle

Galapagos tortoise

Green Parson's chameleon

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Silverback Bwindi gorilla

Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) in the rainforest canopy

Hypsiboas rosenbergi tree frog [colombia_2345]

Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger) among water hyacinth

Orange leafhopper

Long-legged spider

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Elephants in Kenya

Clipper butterfly (Parthenos sylvia)

Giant dragonfly

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)

Black-spotted rock frog (Staurois natator) [kalbar_1814]

Mossy Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_0697]

Red-eyed skimmer (family Libellulidae) [brazil_0996]

Orange-eyed purple crab

Flying dragon lizard displaying its dewlap

Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) [calacad_036]

Giant ceiba borer (Euchroma giganteum)

Drone photo of a whale shark feeding the sea surface

Baby forest dragon

Nazca booby with chick

Blue yellow and orange insect

Indigenous man holding Tinamou eggs

Venomous snake in the Amazon

Orangutan with a coconut hat and leaf in mouth

Headshot of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris)

Infant Crested Back Macaque

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)

Spider [madagascar_2013]

Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center -- sabah_3940

White-headed capuchin monkey

Young female lion

Brown tree frog (Osteocephalus planiceps) near Puerto Narino

Flying squirrel

Sumatran elephants in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park [sumatra_9253]

Blue-eyed butterfly

Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)

Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop

Red and black caterpillar

Western big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi)

Bright green grasshopper

Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos

Elephant in Udawalawe

Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)

Hippo tracks leading into the Atlantic Ocean at sunset

Green sea turtle

Mekong giant catfish

Pair of Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) following a column of army ants

Blue morpho with its wings closed

Crested anole shedding

Coquerel's sifakas kissing

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Green sea turtle

Baby gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

Amazonian leaf frog

Sykes's Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis

Blue dragonfly in Borneo

Red-eyed tree frog

Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) [Caribbean variant]

Cheirogaleus major lemur

Giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis)

African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)

Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1024a]

Orangutan discovers the value of using tools

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