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Staff photo index
Last update: 2017-07-27
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Splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
(Kenya)
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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)
(Kenya)
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African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus)
(Kenya)
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Furcifer pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra (close head shot)
(Madagascar)
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Male Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)
(Kenya)
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Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum)
(Kenya)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1145]
(South Africa)
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Female Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [south_africa_kruger_0374]
(South Africa)
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Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_5149]
(South Africa)
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Calumma Parsoniia (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0027a]
(Madagascar)
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Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
(Tanzania)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2344]
(Madagascar)
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Male Black Howler Monkey howling
(Belize)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill -- tz_2313
(Tanzania)
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Caiman in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)
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Parrot [br_co-9994]
(Colombia)
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Wildebeest migration
(Kenya)
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Frog on a leaf
(Costa Rica)
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Scientist and volunteer taking data on leatherback sea turtle
(Suriname)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Flatid leaf bug nymphs; tree trunk (Tsingy de Bemaraha)
(Madagascar)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4961]
(Costa Rica)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lesser Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) perched on a spiny tree [formerly tagged Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)]
(Costa Rica)
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Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Flying frog
(Indonesia)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1060]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0420]
(South Africa)
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Herd of elephants in a riverbed
(Tanzania)
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Green-backed mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) [madagascar_1972]
(Madagascar)
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Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0173A]
(Belize)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Peyrieras' Dwarf Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on a woman's hand
(Madagascar)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill -- tz_2311
(Tanzania)
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Giant wildebeest herd
(Tanzania)
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Sleeping Calumma crypticum
(Madagascar)
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8541]
(Belize)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1039]
(South Africa)
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A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_0418]
(Suriname)
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Sleeping reddish-brown Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's Sifaka eating leaves [madagascar_2384]
(Madagascar)
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Sleeping panther chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Orange butterfly
(Costa Rica)
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Pair of Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) with a Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)
(Tanzania)
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Metallic Jewel beetle (family Buprestidae)
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper on a flower
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) guarding its nest
(Suriname)
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Giant cave-dwelling toad
(Malaysia)
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Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo
(Kenya)
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Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) [suriname_1351]
(Suriname)
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Maasai giraffe feeding
(Tanzania)
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Flatid leaf-bugs having just transitioned from their nymph stage
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's sifaka in Isalo [madagascar_7179]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Black moth with orange and green spots [madagascar_3329]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard in the Gymnoptalmidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor) -- malaysia0439a
(Malaysia)
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Common woolly monkey
(Colombia)
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Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_3736]
(Madagascar)
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Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_5225]
(South Africa)
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Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus [madagascar_0500]
(Madagascar)
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Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth)
(Belize)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0137]
(South Africa)
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Translucent rainforest slug (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Satanic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) [madagascar_0335]
(Madagascar)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Skink [costa_rica_5244]
(Costa Rica)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1056]
(South Africa)
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Green praying mantis -- borneo_4172
(Malaysia)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_5162]
(South Africa)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5192]
(Costa Rica)
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Gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda laticauda)
(United States)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5049]
(South Africa)
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Ross's Turaco, Musophaga rossae
(Kenya)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) [madagascar_1332]
(Madagascar)
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Female Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus)
(Kenya)
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Beetles [namibia_2024]
(Namibia)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind while perched upon limestone tsingy [madagascar_4360]
(Madagascar)
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Flickertail (Spermophilus richardsonii)
(United States)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Madagascar [madagascar_0138]
(Madagascar)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana
(Tanzania)
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Madagascar blue-eyed green pigeon (Treron australis)
(Madagascar)
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Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) being examined by a researcher
(Costa Rica)
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Gemsbuck [namibia_1544]
(Namibia)
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Rainforest Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) [male] [madagascar_5084]
(Madagascar)
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Ant [suriname_0866]
(Suriname)
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Spider eating a red leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Metallic green beetle [suriname_2120]
(Suriname)
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Walking stick insect [costa_rica_5409]
(Costa Rica)
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Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean
(Suriname)
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Varecia variegata rubra lemur peeking around tree trunk (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Flatid Leaf Bugs Adult (Andasibe) [flatid_leaf_bugs_adult0082]
(Madagascar)
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Brown frog [costa_rica_5538]
(Costa Rica)
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Varecia variegata rubra lemur (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog
(Malaysia)
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Mottled forest frog [costa_rica_4675]
(Costa Rica)
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Large black caiman in an oxbow lake
(Colombia)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5704]
(Costa Rica)
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Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) [cr_3905]
(Costa Rica)
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A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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African stick insect
(Tanzania)
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Impala at night -- tz_1848
(Tanzania)
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Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi)
(Malaysia)
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Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) -- borneo_4160
(Malaysia)
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Mantidactylus asper leaf frog on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Brilliant green beetle [Tortoise beetle of the Chrysomelidae family] [madagascar_5457]
(Madagascar)
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Mother cat carrying its kitten by the scruff of its neck
(Laos)
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Black and yellow dragonfly
(Madagascar)
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African elephants wading in a marsh -- tz_1460
(Tanzania)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_2445]
(Suriname)
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Elephants -- tz_1782
(Tanzania)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0322]
(South Africa)
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Rainbow Bush Locust (Phymateus saxosus) [madagascar_5795]
(Madagascar)
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Light brown tree frog -- borneo_6390
(Malaysia)
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Lioness -- tz_2334
(Tanzania)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4263]
(Costa Rica)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking in the Chobe River
(Botswana)
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Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris) -- tz_1404
(Tanzania)
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Metallic blue beetle [suriname_2259]
(Suriname)
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Red grasshawk dragonfly
(Indonesia)
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Blue and yellow leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Insect [suriname_1488]
(Suriname)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0216]
(South Africa)
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Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5059]
(Madagascar)
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Serval cat (Leptailurus serval) hidden in savanna grass
(Kenya)
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Spearpoint Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)
(Madagascar)
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Metallic spider -- borneo_4256
(Malaysia)
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Silhouette of a hornbill (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Fer-de-lance
(Belize)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) [madagascar_2354]
(Madagascar)
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Banded snake
(Malaysia)
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Varecia variegata variegata feeding on tamarind (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) [madagascar_5138]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5206]
(South Africa)
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Large snail in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Transparent slug on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0998]
(Namibia)
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Bird fluffing feathers to keep warm on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0810]
(South Africa)
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Lion approaching a wildebeest herd
(Kenya)
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Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
(Costa Rica)
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Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest
(Suriname)
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Metallic green Euglossa bee
(Suriname)
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Family of warthogs
(Kenya)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_2045]
(Madagascar)
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Antelope [south_africa_kruger_0029]
(South Africa)
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Anilius scytale coral snake
(Colombia)
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Julia (Dryas iulia)
(0)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5134]
(Costa Rica)
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Yellow and black insect -- borneo_3389
(Malaysia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a forest
(Madagascar)
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Giving an adult male orangutan a health check
(Indonesia)
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Costa Rican capuchin monkey headshot
(Costa Rica)
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Phelsuma day gecko in Morondava (Morondava)
(Madagascar)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Crested forest lizard, Gonocephalus liogaster
(Malaysia)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane -- borneo_5408
(Malaysia)
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Young orangutan -- borneo_5289
(Malaysia)
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Gray Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
(Madagascar)
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Oustalet's chameleon walking across sand near Isalo [madagascar_7334]
(Madagascar)
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting on a termite mount
(Kenya)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4265]
(Costa Rica)
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Orangutan on a tree trunk
(Malaysia)
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Sunbird feeding on nectar
(Kenya)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0131]
(South Africa)
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Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus)
(Kenya)
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Rescued baby sea turtles
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5025]
(Costa Rica)
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Caterpillar rolled in a leaf
(Suriname)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0634]
(South Africa)
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Family of ring-tail lemurs (including babies) [madagascar_7263]
(Madagascar)
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African elephant raising its trunk
(Kenya)
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Guibemantis liber [madagascar_0829]
(Madagascar)
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Termites [suriname_8942]
(Suriname)
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Ground squirrel [namibia_0310]
(Namibia)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0191]
(South Africa)
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Vervet monkey looking through elephant dung for seeds
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1528]
(Namibia)
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Bird [south_africa_kruger_0012]
(South Africa)
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Juvenile red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Forest lizard
(Malaysia)
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Swarm of caterpillars
(Costa Rica)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0932]
(Namibia)
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African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) searching the mud for food
(Botswana)
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Infant elephant
(Kenya)
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Rhinatrema bivittatum caecilian (not a giant earthworm) with bottle cap for size comparison
(Suriname)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Impala [south_africa_kruger_1109]
(South Africa)
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Egret (unidentified) flying over the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis) [madagascar_0541]
(Madagascar)
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Antelope [south_africa_kruger_0043]
(South Africa)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1009]
(South Africa)
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Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3721]
(Madagascar)
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Elephants eating
(Kenya)
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Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Desert elephant [namibia_0921]
(Namibia)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
(Costa Rica)
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Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1566
(Tanzania)
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Phelsuma gecko near Maroantsetra
(Madagascar)
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Pedioplanis sand lizard [namibia_1824]
(Namibia)
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Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings [suriname_0736]
(Suriname)
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Waxy monkey tree frog
(0)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0282]
(South Africa)
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Unknown frog on the Masoala peninsula
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin with its tongue out
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Yellow weevil
(Indonesia)
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Infant green sea turtle
(Suriname)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0431]
(South Africa)
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Vervet monkey [south_africa_kruger_5258]
(South Africa)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0658]
(South Africa)
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Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus)
(Malaysia)
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Black, beige, and brown grasshopper
(Costa Rica)
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Mating frogs [madagascar_6254]
(Madagascar)
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Varanus salvator monitor lizard on the move
(Malaysia)
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Rainbow skink
(Colombia)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a banana leaf [costa_rica_5880a]
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote] in a tree
(Belize)
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Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5261]
(Costa Rica)
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Green moray eel
(Belize)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) on Nosy Be [madagascar_4607]
(Madagascar)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1534]
(Namibia)
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Dead female lion
(Kenya)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2864]
(Madagascar)
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Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_3713]
(Madagascar)
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Ptychadena mascareniensis
(Madagascar)
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Blue hummingbird
(Costa Rica)
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Female Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3991]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2780]
(Madagascar)
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Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1426]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
(0)
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Hippopotamuses
(Kenya)
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Madagascar crested drongo [madagascar_4467]
(Madagascar)
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Orange butterfly feeding on damp laundry along an Amazon tributary
(Colombia)
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Yellow and red thorn spider
(Belize)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5070]
(Costa Rica)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8273a]
(Belize)
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Cyprinds in the blackwater Tahan river
(Malaysia)
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Red Borneo centipede -- borneo_3856
(Malaysia)
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Worm in a protective case [madagascar_1082]
(Madagascar)
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Pairs of hippos on a beach
(Kenya)
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Baby sloth hugging a stuffed panda
(Suriname)
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Atelopus toad
(Suriname)
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Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni)
(Kenya)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4931]
(Costa Rica)
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Rainforest ant [suriname_8799]
(Suriname)
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Sunbird
(Malaysia)
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Tree snake in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1059]
(Namibia)
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Red-orange insect (Dyserdycus genus) in the Pyrrhocoridae family (true bugs)
(Madagascar)
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Introduced Northern Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis carolinensis) in Hawaii
(United States)
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Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) [madagascar_0869]
(Madagascar)
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Pair of butterflies
(Suriname)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1267]
(Suriname)
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Namibian gecko
(Namibia)
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Augur buzzard -- tz_2198
(Tanzania)
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Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
(Zimbabwe)
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Coquerel's sifaka [madagascar_2308]
(Madagascar)
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Calumma nasuta chameleon on hand
(Madagascar)
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White-footed Lepilemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a tree hollow
(Madagascar)
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Mantidactylus asper frog on the Masoala peninsula
(Madagascar)
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Granular dart poison frog (Dendrobates granuliferus)
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
(Malaysia)
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Leaf-cutter ants
(Suriname)
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Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Transparent slug on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) [madagascar_5151]
(Madagascar)
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Clawed frog
(Kenya)
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Phromnia rosea nymphs (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1570]
(Namibia)
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American crocodile [belize_7075]
(Belize)
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White-faced capuchin [cr_4331]
(Costa Rica)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0935]
(South Africa)
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Orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5402
(Malaysia)
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Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3767]
(Costa Rica)
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Pair of African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) atop a tree
(Tanzania)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1068]
(South Africa)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-215]
(Madagascar)
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Phelsuma gecko (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
(Tanzania)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_5231]
(South Africa)
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Chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Mating tiger leeches -- borneo_3596
(Malaysia)
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