Pictures of rainforest wildlife

Mass of caterpillars [manu-Manu_1024_2570a]
(Peru)
Giant walking stick insect with a person's hand for scale
(Peru)
Red and yellow mushroom
(Peru)
Mating flies as view through palm leaf
(Peru)
Butterfly at night
(Peru)
Pleasing Fungus Beetle with black body, white and black back, and turquoise legs
(Peru)
Green grasshopper [br_co-0185]
(Colombia)
Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
(Colombia)
Black and yellow centipede in Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
Callicore cynosura butterfly feeding on minerals from a muddy river bank
(Peru)
Close-up of wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
Female Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Colombia)
Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings
(Colombia)
Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit
(Panama)
Latern fly in Peru (Fulgoridae)
(Peru)
Gray Squirrel
(Panama)
White furry caterpillar with yellow head and two orange spots at base of head
(Peru)
Group of Male Perrhybris pamela butterflies feeding on minerals in clay along the Rio Tambopata
(Peru)
Small red beetle
(Peru)
Anole lizard in the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)
Tikal
(Belize)
Greenish-brown katydid
(Peru)
Brown spider [co05-0668]
(Colombia)
Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4670]
(Peru)
White insect with light orange spots, family Fulgoridae
(Colombia)
Orange butterfly
(Panama)
Captive harpy eagle
(Colombia)
Spider hanging from web
(Peru)
Ant and fly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries
(Belize)
Brown grasshopper with white marking
(Peru)
White insect with black spots and an orange head
(Colombia)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7278]
(Belize)
Brown walking stick
(Colombia)
Juvenile green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Unknown butterfly with black and light blue outer wings
(Peru)
Glowing Elateridae click beetle
(Peru)
Close up headshot of a green katydid in Panama
(Panama)
Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Bom jardim toad (Rhinella dapsilis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper)
(Colombia)
Beige grasshopper
(Peru)
Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Small green; gold; and brown scorpion
(Peru)
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Yellow and red spider in web
(Peru)
Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote]
(Belize)
Rainbow insect
(Peru)
Katydid
(Peru)
Brown leaf katydid
(Colombia)
Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
(Belize)
Close-up on a leaf grasshopper
(Colombia)
Strange palm leaf
(Belize)
Camouflaged moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Tikal
(Belize)
Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) feeding juvenile in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red insect with black legs
(Panama)
Pair of scarlet macaws playing
(Peru)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Brown Xyleus sp. (possiby X. discoideus) grasshopper [br_co-0232]
(Colombia)
Shield bug
(Peru)
Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6939]
(Belize)
Multicolored grasshopper
(Colombia)
Bird
(Belize)
Round black fury caterpillar
(Peru)
Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae (unknown)
(Peru)
Light orange caterpillar
(Colombia)
Male cock-of-the rock
(Peru)
Beetle
(Peru)
Yellow and black Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)
Large snail in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Leafhopper
(Peru)
Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(Panama)
Bright green caterpillar displaying its toxic spines in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird
(Peru)
Bess beetle in the Passalidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black and orange beetle
(Colombia)
Multi-colored grasshoppers mating
(Peru)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
(Belize)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
(Belize)
Mass of caterpillars
(Peru)
Spider monkey
(Belize)
Tarantula laying eggs at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
Cane toad
(Peru)
Male cock-of-the rock
(Peru)
Frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
Red and black insect
(Peru)
Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
(Colombia)
White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
(Belize)
Dendrobates pumilio poison dark frog; blue color form
(Panama)
Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
(Belize)
Tikal
(Belize)
Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Orange and black Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)
Butterfly
(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).
(Malaysia)
Tropical Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds
(Peru)
Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
(Peru)
Spider monkey in a yoga pose
(Belize)
Tail-less whip scorpion (Amblypygid sp)
(Peru)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0662]
(Peru)
Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia. This
(Colombia)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings
(Peru)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7272]
(Belize)
Brown grasshopper
(Colombia)
Sub-adult Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
(Peru)
Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs
(Peru)
Sleeping gliding leaf frog
(Panama)
Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
(Peru)
Owl butterfly
(Peru)
Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
(Peru)
Elongated centipede
(Belize)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Large black Bess Beetle, Betsy Beetle, Patent Leather Beetle, (family Passalidae)
(Peru)
American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
(Panama)
Tarantula
(Belize)
Grasshopper eating a leaf
(Colombia)
Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
(Peru)
Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7057]
(Belize)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
(Peru)
White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green, brown, and black Pentatomidae Stink Bug
(Peru)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order)
(Belize)
Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)
(Peru)
Frog with a green patch under its eye [belize_8572]
(Belize)
Sleeping kinkajou (Potos flavus)
(Belize)
Collared Peccaries
(Belize)
Pair of scarlet macaws
(Peru)
Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Montezuma Oropendula
(Belize)
Green grasshopper eating a banana leaf
(Colombia)
Green spiny caterpillar
(Colombia)
Mayan ruins of Tikal protruding from the rainforest
(Belize)
Amarynthis meneria butterfly on leaf
(Peru)
Brown katydid
(Peru)
Possibly a morpho butterfly (species unknown)
(Peru)
Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon on leaf
(Madagascar)
Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark [belize_7186]
(Belize)
Ebony langur
(Indonesia)
Rainbow grasshopper [co05-0798]
(Colombia)
Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Camouflaged insect
(Peru)
Blue morpho on a wooden deck
(Colombia)
Green iguana in Panama
(Panama)
Unknown butterfly with orange; brown; and white markings on outer part of the wing
(Peru)
Green grasshopper
(Peru)
Insects
(Panama)
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
(Belize)
Fishing spider in Colombia
(Colombia)
Scarlet macaw in the Amazon
(Peru)
Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)
Arachides toras caterpillar
(Panama)
Yellow and black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae on screen (unknown species)
(Peru)
Green; blue; yellow; red; and black grasshopper
(Peru)
Coral snake
(Peru)
Striped leafhopper (green, yellow, blue and black)
(Peru)
Close up of the Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), the world's longest snake
(Colombia)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7053]
(Belize)
Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) [manu_0271]
(Peru)
Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect
(Peru)
Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper
(Colombia)
Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata)
(Madagascar)
Black and yellow centipede
(Peru)
Mother agouti with babies
(Belize)
Butterfly
(Peru)
Juvenile South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifer) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back
(Peru)
Giant green anole
(Peru)
Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud [manu-Manu_1022_1656]
(Peru)
Dark brown centipede
(Peru)
Light green colored cricket
(Colombia)
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Harpia harpyja at Summit Park
(Panama)
Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)
(Peru)
Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Amazon spider
(Colombia)
Green katydid
(Colombia)
Black; gray; white and red spider
(Peru)
Caterpillar with an orange head and yellow-white and black bands
(Colombia)
Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly
(Peru)
Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(Panama)
Green anaconda near a river edge in the Amazon
(Colombia)
Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
(Belize)
Walking stick insects mating
(Peru)
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
White butterfly
(Peru)
Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae)
(Peru)
White moth
(Panama)
Brown butterfly on the forest floor
(Colombia)
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
(Belize)
Black wasp on canopy platform
(Peru)
Stick insect on the bathroom floor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Arachides toras caterpillar [pan01-0857]
(Panama)
Black, orange, and light blue butterfly, possibly Ithomia pellucida or the "Blue transparent"
(Colombia)
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
(Panama)
Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black, blue, and yellow butterfly
(Colombia)
Juvenile caiman among water hyacinth
(Colombia)
Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest
(Peru)
Forest green centipede with yellow legs and dark red antenna - Parotostigmus rex (Peruvian yellow leg centipede)
(Colombia)
Dark green beetle with red spots
(Belize)
Colorful grasshopper
(Colombia)
Ants on a red-orange flower bud
(Colombia)
Heliconius butterly
(Belize)
Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles
(Peru)
Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu
(Peru)
Blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) caterpillar
(Panama)
Erotylidae Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs
(Peru)
Green skimmer (family Libellulidae, probably genus Erythemis) with alternating green and black abdominal segments - or Great Pondhawk dragonfly
(Colombia)
A bug's life: insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Yellow-handed Titi Monkey
(Colombia)
Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing [manu-Manu_1023_2426]
(Peru)
Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
Pleasing Fungus Beetle, family Erotylidae (Zig zag pattern)
(Colombia)
Yellow-legged wasp
(Colombia)
Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green iguana in Colombia
(Colombia)
Butterfly
(Peru)
Mealy Amazon Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
(Panama)
Scarlet macaw in the Amazon [manu_1001]
(Peru)
Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
Red and black caterpillar
(Peru)
Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
(Peru)
Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus)
(Peru)
Butterfly with clear wings and false eye-spots (likely Haetera macleannania)
(Colombia)
Stick insect
(Peru)
Arawacus butterfly
(Peru)
Slash-and-burn farming in Peten, Guatemala
(Belize)
Hyla tree frog in Peru
(Peru)
Insect nymph
(Peru)
Cane toad
(Peru)
Click beetle with glowing spots (Elateridae)
(Peru)
Beetle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Anaconda
(Colombia)
Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
Butterfly on hand
(Peru)
Brown moth with light yellow markings on its wings
(Colombia)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) with a bird in its mouth
(Belize)
Bee burrowing in the sand
(Peru)
Orange and black caterpillar
(Peru)
Black caterpillar with off-white stripes and yellow spines
(Panama)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
(Belize)
Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
(Peru)
Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus). Identification by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)
Spider monkey hanging in a tree [belize_0026]
(Belize)
Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), local name Guatusa
(Belize)
Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
(Peru)
Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) [belize_6944]
(Belize)
Unknown small frog (Epipedobates hahneli ?)
(Peru)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
(Peru)
Masoala peninsula beetle
(Madagascar)
Red-and-green macaws
(Peru)
Gray grasshopper (Abracris flavolineata)
(Colombia)
Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) with turquoise markings
(Panama)
Green katydid on a white wall
(Panama)
Jaguar licking its chops
(Colombia)
Golden-mantled tamarins (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Forest beetle
(Belize)
Phelsuma Day Gecko in leaf (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
Jaguar
(Colombia)
Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Unknown frog [manu-Manu_1023_2472]
(Peru)
Gigantic ant on forest floor
(Peru)
Calumma brevicornis (female) (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
Uknown tree frog on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
Red-Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon rubra) [ID uncertain]. ID suggestion by Anna Vittone
(Colombia)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds
(Peru)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Moth or butterfly at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Blue butterfly (Satyr species)
(Peru)
Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head
(Colombia)
Dendrobates pumilio
(Panama)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2849a]
(Peru)
Macaws feeding on clay wall [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_3982a]
(Peru)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4099]
(Peru)
Pair of scarlet macaws playing
(Peru)
Blue-spotted butterfly or moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Stingless bee nest
(Peru)
Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) [co03-9452]
(Colombia)
Bright green katydid [co05-0859]
(Colombia)
Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower
(Colombia)
Colorful grasshopper
(Peru)