Wildlife Photos from the Tropics

 

These photos were taken between 2012 and 2022 on ecotrips to Barbados, Curacao, Madagascar, Cameroon, Brazil, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, Java, Honduras, Trinidad, Peru, Sri Lanka, India, and Kauai.  In between trips. we read the journals of 19th century naturalists (Darwin, Wallace, Bates), studied field guides, savored our own experiences, and tried to make sense of them.  Click here for wildlife videos from these trips. 

Cameroon: a giant coreid bug (Anoplocnemis curvipes) that may be capable of a pincher-like defense using the opposing spines on its hind legs
Cameroon: Hairy-bellied Sparklewing (Umma mesostigma)
Cameroon: Cameroon Giant Black Millipede (Spiropoeus fischeri)
Cameroon: Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon spectrum)
Cameroon: male Rainbow Lizard (Agama agama) at the Palace of the Fon in Bafut
Cameroon: female Rainbow Lizard
Cameroon: Blue-billed Malimbe
Cameroon: Red Praying Mantis (Prohierodula picta)
Cameroon: Elegant Grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)
Madagascar: Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Madagascar: White-browed Owl (Athene superciliaris)
Madagascar: Stump-tailed Chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris)
Madagascar: Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
Madagascar: Indri, largest of the extant lemurs
Madagascar: Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Madagascar: Rainforest canopy chameleon (Calumma parsonii)
Madagascar: Giant Spiny Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus)
Madagascar: Black and White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variagata)
Madagascar: Giraffe-necked Beetle (Trachelaphorus giraffa)
Madagascar: Merrem's Madagascar Swift (Oplurus cyclurus)
Brazil: female jaguar peers through a mask of dead leaves
Brazil: skulls at a posada in the Pantanal
Brazil: Steve at the start of a day of adventure and photography in the Pantanal
Brazil: Spectacled Caiman
Brazil: Spectacled Caiman aggregated at a remnant pool at the end of the dry season
Brazil: Spotted Watersnake (Helicops leopardinus) found at night near lodge
Brazil: Hyacinthine Macaw
Brazil: Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) hunting for bats roosting on the underside of wooden bridge
Brazil: Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)
Brazil: Bates confronts an aggressive flock of Curl-crested Toucans
Brazil: jaguar scans for prey from a river bank
Brazil: capybara mother and offspring
Brazil: anaconda, taking refuge in a mass of tree roots on a river bank
Brazil: Lynne follows guide Fernando Frosini on a riverside path
Brazil: Green Iguana
Borneo: River craft
Borneo: caterpillar of the Studded Sergeant (Athyma asura idita), a nymphalid butterfly
Borneo: Malay Lacewing (Cethosea hpsea hypsina)
Borneo: Common Dart (Oriens gola pseudolus)
Borneo: Tawny Rajah (Charaxes bernardus cybistia)
Borneo: male Proboscis Monkey
Borneo: Orangutan mother and child
Borneo: Orangutans and Agile Gibbon at feeding station
Borneo: Bearded Pig, formidable adversary of the orangutan
Borneo: Painted Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pictus) in hunting pose
Borneo: Painted Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pictus) eating a house gecko
Borneo: ants on a pticher plant (Nepenthes mirabilis)
Borneo: Long-tailed Macaque
Honduras: Lynne in riverside habitat
Honduras: Spectacled Owl
Honduras: The uncommon Yellow-Red Rat Snake (Pseudelaphe flavirufa)
Honduras: Red-eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) in amplexus
Honduras: Brown Basilisk with tick
Honduras: Long view of Pygmy Fruit-eating Bats
Honduras: Close up of Pygmy Fruit-eating Bats roosting on the underside of a leaf
Honduras: Agouti
Honduras: Montezuma's Oropedula colony
Honduras: Gulf Coast Toad (Incillius valliceps)
Sulawesi: skink (Emoia caeruleocauda)
Sulawesi: St. Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope sp)
Sulawesi: Sally-light-foot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
Sulawesi: Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), this species is the largest terrestrial invertebrate on the planet
Sulawesi: Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)
Sulawesi: Tongean Island Monitor Lizard (Varanus togianus)
Sulawesi: Female flying lizard (Draco supriatnai )
Sulawesi: male Flying Lizard (Draco supriatnai) displaying rib, gular and nuchal color patches
Sulawesi: Bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus)
Sulawesi: Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polytes)
Bali: Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) in amplexus
Sulawesi: Palm Civet
Bali: Olive Tree Skink (Dasia olivacea)
Java: Javanese Yellow Grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis)
Trinidad: Yellow-legged Honeycreeper
Trinidad: amblypygid
Trinidad: Leatherback Turtle egg-laying
Trinidad: Leatherback Turtle returning to the sea after egg-laying
Trinidad: male White-necked Hummingbird
Trinidad: Golden Tegu
Trinidad: Female Jungle Runner (Ameiva ameiva)
Trinidad: Wattled Jacana
Trinidad: White-headed Marsh Tyrant
Trinidad: White-striped Gecko (Gonates vittatus)
Trinidad: Plica plica,an ant-eating lizard
Trinidad: Lynne and Steve
Trinidad: Owl Butterfly, note mimic snake head on tip of wing
Peru: Capped Heron
Peru: Orchid Tree (Bauhinia peruviana))
Peru: Frangipani Hornworm, the caterpillar of Pseudosphinx tetrio
Peru: Great Egret with Black Vultures
Peru: Black-collared Fishing Hawk
Peru: Red and Black Dragonfly (Diastatops intensa)
Peru: Amazon boy with Plecostomus
Peru: Spectacled Caiman
Peru: Hoatzin
Peru: Yellow-rumped Cacique
Peru: Chestnut-eared Aracari ( a kind of toucan) about to swallow a fruit
Peru: Blue and Gold Macaw
Peru: Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Peru: Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)
Peru: Slate-colored Hawk
Peru: Spider Monkey in the rain
Peru: Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat surveils the river from his retreat high above the bank.
Peru: Blue and Gold Macaw
Peru: Isabel Saki Monkey, a cat-sized monkey with a thick tail
Sri Lanka: Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
Sri Lanka: juvenile Salt Water Crocodile (Crocodilus porosus)
Sri Lanka: male Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor)
Sri Lanka: Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthraceros coronatus)
Sri Lanka: Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
Sri Lanka: Asian Elephant and Cattle Egret
Sri Lanka: Green Pond Frog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus) comes in striped and unstriped forms
Sri Lanka: Mugger Crocodile
Sri Lanka: Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) and Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
Sri Lanka: Asian Elephant
Sri Lanka: Kangaroo Lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni)
Sri Lanka: Indian Brown Mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)
Sri Lanka: Large-billed Crow (Corvus culminatus)
Sri Lanka: Troop of wild pigs (Sus scrofula)
Sri Lanka: Brahma Cattle (Bos tarus indicus) and Eastern Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus coromandus)
Sri Lanka: Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris))
Sri Lanka: adult female Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
Sri Lanka: adult male Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
Sri Lanka: Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) on Lion's Tail (Leonotis leonurus)
India: Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)) family (Lutrogale perspicillata)
India: Streak-throated Woodpecker {Picus xathopygaeus)
India: Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela))
India: Indian Rhino
India: Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) and offspring
India: troop of Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
India: Indian Rhino and Jungle Mynas
India: Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
India: Alexandrine Parrakeet (Psittacula eupatria) in a fruit tree
India: Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)) with Jungle Mynas (Acridotheres fuscus)
India: Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)
India: Indian Rhinoceras (Rhinoceras unicornis) in his element
India: drying creek bed
India: Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
India: Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) in a fig tree
India: Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) in the Sundarbans
India: Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the Himalayas
India: Sambar (Rusa unicolor) and Spotted Deer
India: Peacock (Pavo cristatus), peahen, Spotted Deer in background
India: Northern Plains Langurs (Semnopithecus entellus))
India: Swamp Deer (Barasingha, Rucervus duvaucelii)
India: female Tiger (Panthera tigris))
India: Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) foraging for termites
India: Indian Wild Dogs (aka Dholes, Cuon alpinus)
India: Spotted Deer (Axis axis)
India: Gaur (Bos gaurus)
India: House Crow (Corvus splendens))
Kauai: Red Jungle Fowl (photo by Pete Godwin)
Kauai: Gold Dust Gecko
Kauai: Golden Dust Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda), introduced
Kauai: Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei), introduced
Kauai: Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata), introduced)
Kauai: Idyllic creek mouth and cove
Kauai: Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus), introduced
Kauai: Java Sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora) allopreening
Kauai: Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
Barbados: guinea fowl, domestic stock
Barbados: Guineafowl (Numida meleagris), domestic stock
Barbados: Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus)
Barbados: Scaly-naped Pigeon, a native
Barbados: Barbados Anole (Anolis extremus), a native
Barbados: Cane Toad (Bufo marinus), introduced
Curacao: Green Iguana
Curacao: Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Curacao: Laurenti's Whiptail (Cnemidophorus murinus)
Curacao: shy Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Curacao: snail (Cerion uva) in dry season
Curacao: Tropical Mocking Bird (Mimus gilvus) and nest
Curacao: Curacao Striped Anole (Anolis lineatus} displaying
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Wildlife Photos from Corvallis, Oregon   

 

These photos were taken in the vicinity of Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon using SLR cameras and trail cameras.  Click here for videos of Corvallis wildlife.

 
 
young cougar
male cougar (Puma concolor)
female cougar (far right) and her nearly full grown kittens
female cougar (middle) and her nearly full grown kittens
female cougar (middle) and her nearly full grown kittens
female cougar (middle) and her nearly full grown kittens
Steve and Dash
male cougar
cougar
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
coyote poses for a portrait
coyote (Canis latrrans) poses for a portrait
coyote pack
coyote pack
coyote with prey (probably a dead turkey)
coyote under a redwood canopy
close up
Startled fawn encountering an odd shaped tree trunck for the first time
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
River Otter
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) portrait
Great Blue Heron intent on prey
male Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Turkey Vultures in the morning sunshine
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Eight-spotted Glider (Libellula forensis)
alpaca, part of the group near Crescent Valley High School
alpaca, part of the group near Crescent Valley High School
alpaca, part of the group near Crescent Valley High School
alpaca, part of the group near Crescent Valley High School
photo at the perfect moment, a robin (Turdus migratorius) catching a hawthorn fruit
Rubber Boa (Charina bottae)
Gopher snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus)
Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)
Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)
Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii)
larval newts (Taricha granulosa)
Close up of larval newts (Taricha granulosa)
Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) on non-native pitcher plants
Sentinel turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and wood ducks (Aix sponsa)
Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa)
Giant Larkspur (Delphinium trollifolium)
lichens on a Japanese Maple
Oregon Lung Lichen (Lobaria oregana)
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