Pictures of rainforest wildlife

Mantidactylus pulcher frog
(Madagascar)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
(Peru)
Moss-like caterpillar covered with poisonous spines
(Colombia)
Young Howler Monkey hanging in a tree
(Belize)
Pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
Black pill millipede
(Madagascar)
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) in Kapok tree
(Peru)
Tikal
(Belize)
Male cock-of-the rock performing in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
Striated heron
(Peru)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2848a]
(Peru)
Gecko in lodge
(Guyana)
Woolly monkey [br_co-0324]
(Colombia)
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0092]
(Belize)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0658]
(Peru)
Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon [manu-Manu_1022_2241a]
(Peru)
Clear-wing butterfly in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
Spider
(Belize)
Hanging Oropendola nests in canopy tree
(Peru)
Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red millipede compared with size of hand
(Madagascar)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0656]
(Peru)
Plethodontohyla inguinalis frog
(Madagascar)
Insect nymph
(Peru)
Furcifer pardalis chameleon in Maroantsetra (head shot) (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
Male cock-of-the rock
(Peru)
Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly (Greta oto) in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
Panamanian Gecko (zoomed)
(Panama)
Woolly monkey [br_co-0331]
(Colombia)
Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Molting katydid
(Belize)
88 Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
(Peru)
Cabybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) with babies along riverside
(Peru)
Brookesia superciliaris (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree
(Peru)
Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) and Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) feeding on clay wall
(Peru)
Rufous-capped thornbill
(Peru)
Wasp
(Peru)
Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
(Peru)
Canopy trees at Tikal
(Belize)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4182a]
(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).
(Malaysia)
Yellow-headed Soldier Fly, family Stratiomyidae (a true fly that resembles a bee)
(Colombia)
Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display
(Peru)
Scarlet macaws in flight
(Peru)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
(Belize)
Pair of Heliconia caterpillar (note the tiny hatchling in the upper left)
(Panama)
Green pill millipede on tree trunk
(Madagascar)
Boissonneaua matthewsii hummingbird feeding
(Peru)
Green parrot
(Colombia)
Guide picking up a bom jardim toad (Rhinella dapsilis) with a leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4228]
(Peru)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
(Peru)
Female silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) scratching away in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Rufous-naped tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
(Panama)
Brown frog with black and white bands (Colostethus flotator) in leaf litter of Soberania National Park
(Panama)
Turtle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Many-banded aracaris (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Mantidactylus asper frog in rainforest of Masoala NP
(Madagascar)
Hornbill (unidentified species) in tree at dusk in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Nephila spider in the Colombia Andes
(Colombia)
Examining a large snake
(Peru)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2099]
(Peru)
Vulture
(Peru)
Frog in the Pristimantis genus camouflaged in the leaf litter in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings
(Colombia)
Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) [manu-Manu_1022_2067]
(Peru)
Green-and-red macaw feeding on a banana
(Peru)
Basilisk
(Mexico)
Yellow and black insect
(Panama)
Brown millipede (Polydesmidae family) on the trunk of a canopy tree. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
Calumma nasuta chameleon
(Madagascar)
Scarlet macaw in the Amazon
(Peru)
Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7305]
(Belize)
Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green-and-red macaw feeding on crackers after stealing them from a room
(Peru)
White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
(Peru)
Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) [machu_picchu-Machu_1019_1129]
(Peru)
White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) at Summit Park
(Panama)
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)
Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest
(Colombia)
Unknown frog
(Peru)
Orange, white, and black clear-winged butterfly in the Amazon
(Peru)
Anis in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
(Peru)
White lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti)
(Peru)
Caterpillar
(Madagascar)
Graphium cyrnum, a common buterfly in Masoala/ Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Young Panther chameleon (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
Butterfly or moth caught in a spider's web in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2688]
(Peru)
Yellow-handed Titi Monkey [br_co-0316]
(Colombia)
Phelsuma day gecko (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
Monk saki monkey (Pithecia monachus) [co06-1190]
(Colombia)
Indri lemur in Andasibe (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
Newly hatched caterpillars
(Panama)
Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0010a]
(Madagascar)
Palm flowers
(Belize)
Margay sleeping atop a tree branch [belize_7363]
(Belize)
Grasshopper [br_co-0067]
(Colombia)
Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru
(Peru)
Green pill millipede rolled in ball
(Madagascar)
Mother agouti nursing her young
(Belize)
Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize: Yellow-jaw tommygoff]
(Belize)
House gecko
(Panama)
Mating Abracris flavolineata grasshoppers on a blade of grass
(Colombia)
Symbiosis between the cecropia tree and defensive Azteca ants
(Belize)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2804a]
(Peru)
Unknown katydid
(Colombia)
Rainbow Ameivas (Cnemidophorus deppei) in Colombia
(Colombia)
American crocodile [belize_7080]
(Belize)
Leaf-cutter ant nest [tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3348]
(Peru)
Heliconius butterfly feeding on a hot lips flower
(Panama)
Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
Lizard [belize_8149]
(Belize)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4178]
(Peru)
Dendrobates pumilio toxic arrow frog; blue color form
(Panama)
Green Arachides toras caterpillar munching on a leaf
(Panama)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2839]
(Peru)
Butterflies feeding on a flower
(Peru)
Brown praying mantis on a lichen-covered tree trunk
(Colombia)
Leaf cutter ants entering their nest
(Colombia)
Mosiac butterfly (Colobura dirce) feeding on fruit [pan02-2053]
(Panama)
Mantidactylus pulcher [mantidactylus_pulcher_0093]
(Madagascar)
Numerous many-banded aracaris (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (look closely)
(Ecuador)
Leaf katydid
(Peru)
American crocodile [belize_7374]
(Belize)
Greater ani (Crotophaga major)
(Peru)
White-lined monkey frog (Phyllomedusa vaillantii) at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Bat
(Peru)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
(Peru)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4176]
(Peru)
Bats hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
Woolly monkey [br_co-0322]
(Colombia)
Canopy trees
(Peru)
White butterfly feeding on tubular red flowers
(Belize)
Black Stilt-legged Fly (family Micropezidae) with an orange-red head [belize_8054z]
(Belize)
Adult pardalis chameleon (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
Phelsuma Day Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
Close headshot of a tapir
(Colombia)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus)
(Colombia)
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
(Belize)
Guide picking up a bom jardim toad (Rhinella dapsilis) with a leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Wooly Monkey, not the Colombian black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)
(Colombia)
Green anaconda underwater
(Colombia)
Golden-eyed tree frog near Puerto NariÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â±o. Readers have suggeste either the Red-Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon rubra) or Osteocephalus planiceps
(Colombia)
Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus) feeding on clay lick
(Peru)
Green pill millipede rolled in palm of hand
(Madagascar)
Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Yellow and orange leafhopper
(Peru)
Giraffe-necked Weevil
(Madagascar)
Woolly monkey [br_co-0327]
(Colombia)
young female Calmma brevicornis
(Madagascar)
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(Belize)
Slightly translucent; green caterpillar on a red leaf in Panama
(Panama)
Slogging through mud along the Tambopata
(Peru)
Rainbow lizard
(Colombia)
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4226a]
(Peru)
Red and black skimmer dragonfly (family Libellulidae)
(Colombia)
Mother Agouti with offspring
(Belize)
Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
(Peru)
Strawberry blue poison dart frog
(Panama)
Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) at night on the Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8522]
(Belize)
American crocodile [belize_7071]
(Belize)
Woolly monkey [br_co-0321]
(Colombia)
Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings
(Peru)
Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbirds at bird feeder
(Peru)
Dead banana spider (genus: Phoneutria), highly venemous, died of natural causes in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf
(Colombia)
Blue-tailed skink in Tayrona
(Colombia)
Black and orange Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae
(Colombia)
Parrots in flight
(Peru)
Agouti in forest clearing [manu-Manu_1023_1918]
(Peru)
Leaf-mimicking grasshopper
(Colombia)
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8734]
(Belize)
Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
(Belize)
leafhopper nymph [manu_0632]
(Peru)
Black spiny caterpillar
(Colombia)
Turquoise and orange leafhopper
(Peru)
Small leaf toad (Bufo typhonius alatus) in Soberania National Park
(Panama)
Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) [pan02-1964]
(Panama)
Silvery-green grasshopper
(Colombia)
Insect
(Peru)
Greta oto butterfly in the Amazon
(Peru)
Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
White moth
(Colombia)
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)
Moth using an alarm schedule in an attempt to scare a potential predator
(Peru)
South American rattlesnake
(Colombia)
Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
(Peru)
Indri lemur (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Frog
(Peru)
Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight
(Peru)
Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)
(Panama)
White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus) grooming
(Panama)
Treefrog
(Peru)
Furcifer campani near Ifasina
(Madagascar)
Jaguar opening its mouth
(Colombia)
Red ceacilian (an amphibian) on the floor of the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
Amazon tortoise
(Colombia)
Red poison-arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio)
(Panama)
Black caterpillar with orange spots
(Colombia)
Black Iguana
(Belize)
Black, red, and yellow butterfly [br_co-0087]
(Colombia)
Orange and black leafhopper
(Peru)
Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf
(Colombia)
Camouflaged moth or butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Bat held by a bat researcher
(Peru)
Colorful butterfly feeding on a yellow flower [br_co-0046]
(Colombia)
Dew on spider web in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Neotropic cormorant [manu-Manu_1022_2094a]
(Peru)
Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0066]
(Madagascar)
Colorful grasshopper
(Peru)
Brown anole lizard
(Peru)
Juvenile Fucifer pardalis chameleon (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
Brookesia peyrierasi chameleon in palm (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu; on clay lick [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4952]
(Peru)
Green katydid
(Peru)
Unknown centipede
(Belize)
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green, orange, and blue leafhopper
(Peru)
Butterflies mating
(Panama)
Four Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) on tree branch
(Peru)
Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Green anole in Parque Tayrona
(Colombia)
Male rhinoceros beetle
(Peru)
Bright green grasshopper
(Colombia)
Butterfly high in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon
(Colombia)
Male cock-of-the rock
(Peru)
White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
(Peru)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4129]
(Peru)
Jeweled Chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) (Ifasina / Antoetra)
(Madagascar)
Brown buterfly with red, white, lavendar, and orange markings
(Colombia)
Tiny spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha)
(Colombia)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria) [manu_0764]
(Peru)
Heliconius caterpillar
(Panama)
Headless and bloated anaconda corpse
(Suriname)
Russet-backed Oropendula (Psarocolinus angustifrons) with hanging nests
(Peru)
Moth chrysalis
(Panama)
Panther chameleon's prehensile tail (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird
(Peru)
Male Green Anolis lizard in canopy
(Peru)
Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
Rufous-capped thornbill [manu_0127]
(Peru)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
(Peru)
Young Panther chameleon
(Madagascar)
Bright green katydid
(Panama)
Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
(Peru)
Feathers of scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
(Peru)
Black, red, and yellow butterfly
(Colombia)
Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Yellow mushrooms
(Peru)
Jaguar (Panthera onca) [co06-1408]
(Colombia)
Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7482]
(Belize)
Yellow katydid - Pyrgocorypha hamata (Scudder, 1878)
(Belize)
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)
Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch
(Peru)
Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena)
(Colombia)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2801a]
(Peru)
Green Mantid (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
Calumma nasuta chameleon (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth) [belize_8343]
(Belize)
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [manu_0441]
(Peru)
Calumma nasuta (sleeping on a leaf in the Masoala rainforest)
(Madagascar)
Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick
(Peru)
Arachides toras caterpillar [pan01-0837]
(Panama)
Molted insect exoskeleton at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
Dendrobates pumilio; blue color form
(Panama)
Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0087]
(Belize)
Rehabilitated Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Unknown small frog (Epipedobates hahneli ?) [manu-Manu_1023_2527]
(Peru)