Photo gallery: rainforest wildlife



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Brookesia Chameleon; Madagascar



Happy rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

(Indonesia)


House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

(Indonesia)

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark
Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark

(Belize)


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).



Furcifer gastrotaenia chameleon


Tarantula
Tarantula

(Guatemala)


Black and yellow butterfly


Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(pan02-2081)


White's Tree Frog


Heliconius butterfly
Heliconius butterfly

(Peru)

Spider on web
Spider on web

(Peru)

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

(Belize)


Rasberry dragonfly

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

(Peru)


Silverback gorilla near forest edge in Gabon

(Gabon)

Walking stick insect under a leaf
Walking stick insect under a leaf

(Peru)

Glowing click beetle
Glowing click beetle

(Peru)

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

(Peru)

Large black beetle
Large black beetle

(Peru)

Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) -  local name Guatusa
Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - local name Guatusa

(Belize)

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

(Peru)

Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Green Bronchocela cristatella lizard

(Indonesia)


Close up head shot of baby gorilla licking the hand of a keeper

(Gabon)

orange-billed sparrow
orange-billed sparrow

(Belize)

Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River

(Indonesia)

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

(Belize)

Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Local name: Guacamayo escarlata
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Rainforest ant

(Suriname)


Woolley Monkey

(Brazil)

Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) on a branch above the Seikonyer River

(Indonesia)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)

(Belize)


Transparent-winged butterfly with orange; black; and white markings


Black Jaguar; Belize


Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

(Suriname)


Strawberry Arrow Frog



Insect

(Suriname)


Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)



Baby gorilla in the arms of a care taker at Evengue

(Gabon)


Black and orange banded insect

(Suriname)


Buterfly with eye-spots

(Suriname)


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima

Group of Male Perrhybris pamela and yellow and black butterflies
Group of Male Perrhybris pamela and yellow and black butterflies

(Peru)

Thorn spider
Thorn spider

(Peru)


Orange; green; black; yellow; and turquoise grasshopper

Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


orange panther chameleon (Ankarana)



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


Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor)

(Malaysia)

Bright green cicada (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Bright green cicada

(Indonesia)


Orange butterfly
(pan02-2037)


Snake necked turtle (Chelodina seinbenrocki)



Green iguana swimming across a river


Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilius)



False coral snake (Anilius scytale)

Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower
Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Elongated centipede
Elongated centipede

(Belize)


Posion dart frog

(Suriname)

Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick
Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)



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