Image Gallery - Image gallery: rainforest wildlife

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Small insects climbing along sunlit leaves
Small insects climbing along sunlit leaves

(Gabon)


Furcifer verrucosus chameleon ready to eat insect (Berenty)


Macaws feeding on clay wall
Macaws feeding on clay wall
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Red; yellow; white; and brown toad on grassy lawn in Bali (Jimbaran; Bali)
Red; yellow; white; and brown toad on grassy lawn in Bali

(Indonesia)


Mantidactylus pulcher



Baby Furcifer oustaleti


Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

(Belize)

Colony of termites in moving along a log in the rainforest (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Colony of termites in moving along a log in the rainforest

(Indonesia)

Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon
Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Spider
Spider

(Belize)


Phelsuma barbouri (Andingitra)


Brown praying mantis on a fingernail (Ubud; Bali)
Brown praying mantis on a fingernail

(Indonesia)


Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) on branch above stream

(Indonesia)
(Indonesia)

Butterfly with bright blue markings on the underwings (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Butterfly with bright blue markings on the underwings

(Indonesia)


Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand

(Indonesia)

Juvenile macaque (Ubud; Bali)
Juvenile macaque

(Indonesia)


Anole; Honduras

american pygmy kingfisher
american pygmy kingfisher

(Belize)

Adult forest elephant with calf in Loango National Park; Gabon
Adult forest elephant with calf in Loango National Park; Gabon

(Gabon)


Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

(Suriname)


Leaf toad (Bufo margaritifer)

(Suriname)


Agalychnis spurrelli tree frog sleeping on a buttress root
(pan02-1696)

Stink beetle
Stink beetle

(Belize)


Rainforest leaf frog; possibly Leptodactylus pentadactylus


Phelsuma Day Gecko in leaf (Nosy Mangabe)



Chameleon; Madagascar



Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius)

(Suriname)

Cobalt-winged Parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on clay wall with Scarlet macaws (Ara macao)
Cobalt-winged Parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on clay wall with Scarlet macaws (Ara macao)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
Location: oxbow lake. Local name: Cormoran
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Surveying crocodile hatchlings
Surveying crocodile hatchlings

(Gabon)


Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena)


Blue-crowned Motmot

(Costa Rica)


Adult male Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui

(Indonesia)

Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru
Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru

(Peru)

Unknown bright red insect (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Unknown bright red insect

(Indonesia)


Anole; Costa Rica


Smooth-sided toad (Bufo guttatus)

(Suriname)


Rehabilitated orangutans ambling down boardwalk at Camp Leaky

(Indonesia)


Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Silkworm in protective bark cocoon
Silkworm in protective bark cocoon

(Gabon)


Brown leaf katydid in the Colombian Amazon


Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe)



Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe

(Suriname)

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) cupping its hand to drink from a river (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) cupping its hand to drink from a river

(Indonesia)

Frog on Evengue island.
Frog on Evengue island.

(Gabon)


Mantidactylus lugubris frog



Brown cicada

(Indonesia)

Ginormous ant on forest floor
Ginormous ant on forest floor
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Large group of parrots and macaws flying
Large group of parrots and macaws flying
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Orange butterfly

(Costa Rica)

Black butterfly with bright blue markings on the underwings and red and white sections on the wings near the abdomen (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Black butterfly with bright blue markings on the underwings and red and white sections on the wings near the abdomen

(Indonesia)


Black butterfly with blue-purple markings on its wings

(Indonesia)


Magenta insect (planthopper juvenile) with turquoise feet and eyes

(Suriname)


Termites

(Suriname)


Rainbow skink

Unknown frog
Unknown frog
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Black caterpillar with orange spots

Mother macaque spanking a juvenile monkey (Ubud; Bali)
Mother macaque spanking a juvenile monkey

(Indonesia)


Captive silverback Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Furcifer verrucosus (green) (Berenty)



Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae

(Malaysia)

Macaws feeding on clay wall
Macaws feeding on clay wall
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Yellow-spotted butterfly in leaf litter (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Yellow-spotted butterfly in leaf litter

(Indonesia)


Maroon-spotted brown lizard

(Suriname)

American crocodile
American crocodile

(Belize)


Can you find the leaf frog (Bufo typhonius)?


Mother orangutan with baby on forest floor

(Indonesia)


Coatimundi; Costa Rica


Blue Morpho Butterfly


horned spider; Thailand

Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight
Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Atelopus frog

(Suriname)

Boissonneaua matthewsii hummingbird feeding
Boissonneaua matthewsii hummingbird feeding
Common name: Chestnut-breasted Coronet. Local name: Colibri pechicastrano
Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu

(Peru)


Light green katydid


Babirusa or pig-deer (Babyrousa babyrussa)



Posion dart frog

(Suriname)


Squirrel monkey

(Suriname)


Cattle Egret

(Suriname)


Jaguar skull




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