Image Gallery - Image gallery: rainforest wildlife

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Snake necked turtle (Chelodina seinbenrocki)



Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)


Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor)



Three-striped posion arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back

(Suriname)


Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia


Lizard
Lizard

(Belize)


Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper

Thorn spider
Thorn spider

(Peru)

Glowing click beetle
Glowing click beetle

(Peru)


Laughing Kookaburra (Dacela novaeguineae)


Camouflaged grasshopper
Camouflaged grasshopper

(Peru)

Male anole lizard displaying its orange dewlap
Male anole lizard displaying its orange dewlap

(Guatemala)


Tropical Kingbirds in flight

(Suriname)


Orange and black insect

Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

(Belize)


Black dragonfly with red posterior parts (abdominal segments)

Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name - Quash or Pizote]
Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name - Quash or Pizote]

(Belize)

Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans)

(Indonesia)


Ant and fly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia


Mother agouti with babies
Mother agouti with babies

(Belize)

Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
Scientific name: Ara chloroptera Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Walking stick insects mating
Walking stick insects mating

(Peru)

Small red beetle
Small red beetle

(Peru)


This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).


Large black beetle in Borneo (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Large black beetle in Borneo

(Indonesia)


Wasps clustered on a leaf

(Suriname)


Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf


Brown cockroach with yellow and black markings

Elongated centipede
Elongated centipede

(Belize)

Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species)
Yellow and black beetle on screen (unknown species)

(Peru)


Red stick insect

(Suriname)


Woolley Monkey

(Brazil)

Wildlife
Wildlife

(Peru)

Katydid
Katydid

(Peru)


Lead toad among leaf litter

Brown; black; and white butterfly
Brown; black; and white butterfly

(Peru)


Colombian Ocelot

Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings
Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings

(Peru)


Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja


Mealy Amazon Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
(pan02-1898)


White moth
(pan01-0873)

Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)
Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)

(Peru)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)

(Belize)

Yellow grasshopper
Yellow grasshopper

(Peru)

Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed
Yellow-green butterfly; possibly Nessaea obrinus with wings closed

(Peru)


Green grasshopper


Butterflies

(Brazil)


Male Basilisk; Honduras


Leaf litter toad (Bufo typhonius alatus)
(pan01-0797)

American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

(Belize)

Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud
Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud

(Peru)


Tent-making bat under a palm leaf
(pan01-0768)

Katydid on tree trunk
Katydid on tree trunk

(Peru)

Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf
Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf

(Peru)


Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon


Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)

Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank

(Peru)


Brown and green beetle


Leaf toad (Bufo margaritifer)

(Suriname)


White's Tree Frog (Litorea caerulea)


Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Hemidactylus gecko species with black markings

(Indonesia)


Dendrobates pumilio poison dark frog; blue color form
(pan01-0865)


Toucan


Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle
Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle

(Peru)


Unknown yellow and black Colubrid snake


Green katydid


Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea)


Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen
Well camouflaged insect; resembling lichen

(Peru)


Insect-eating bat in rainforest cave

(Malaysia)

Mating flies as view through palm leaf
Mating flies as view through palm leaf

(Peru)

Tarantula
Tarantula

(Guatemala)


White insect with black spots and an orange head

Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Close up on eyes of young gorilla at rehabilitation center

(Gabon)

Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs
Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs

(Peru)

Black wasp on canopy platform
Black wasp on canopy platform

(Peru)


Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia


Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk

(Indonesia)


Young gorilla running

(Gabon)



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