Red-eyed tree frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Happy holidays and best wishes for 2013 from all of us at Mongabay.com
Treefrog in the Borneo rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Draco lizard at night in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these…
Stream frog on Nosy Mangabe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Mating frogs in the Borneo rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos…
Backlit forest dragon in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Uroplatus gecko in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…
Forest dragon in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…
Giant day gecko in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Tree frog in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…
Leaf chameleon (Brookesia species) in the hand of a forest guide on Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar.. Photo by Rhett A. Butler This is a full grown chameleon. Brookesia are among the…
Parson's chameleon near Analamazoatra Reserve.
Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea in Costa Rica. Between natural predators and hazards, baby sea turtles face steep odds — only one in 5,000-10,000 survive to…
Young green iguana in Eastern Colombia. When visiting Casanare in Eastern Colombia I noticed this young iguana in a flowering shrub. I couldn't believe my luck — the color contrast…
The giant leaf tailed gecko of Madagascar, Uroplatus fimbriatus, hangs out above a flying insect. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The giant leaf tailed gecko is threatened by deforestation and…
A new species of miniature frog was discovered in Borneo. Microhyla nepenthicola, shown here on the tip of a pencil, is about the size of a pea. All images ©…
Frog near Manokwari in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler in August 2010.
An unidentified ground toad peeking out in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. If you have any information on this toad species please contact me. To see…
A last look at the now extinct Selmunett lizard (Podarcis filfolensis ssp. Kieselbachi). Photo by: Arnold Sciberras. Arnold Sciberras, a Maltese herpetologist, says the Selmunett lizard is gone. Native to…
A baby caiman at Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. To see more Costa Rican photos: Costa Rica.
A well-camouflaged frog hangs out in the rainforests of Suriname. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2008. To see more photos of frogs in Suriname: Amphibians in Suriname.
A salmon-bellied snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) slips through the undergrowth in Costa Rica. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. A new study has found evidence that snake populations may be declining…
An Oustalet's chameleon wanders across a sandy landscape near Isalo, Madagascar. This species is one of the world's largest chameleons. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. A new study finds…
Malayan water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Laos. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. This big lizard is adept at tree-climbing and can reach 1.5 meters in length. The IUCN Red…
The world's largest sea turtle, the Leatherback, camouflages its nest on a beach in northern Suriname. After laying their eggs, mother leatherbacks spend considerable time and energy camouflaging the nest…
The stuff of myths, legends, and nightmare: the anaconda, according to Paul Rosolie, is even misunderstood by Amazonian tribes. Rosolie, who refers to the world's largest snakes as 'sweethearts' in…
Hatchling Olive Ridley sea turtle makes its way out to sea near Dominical, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2008. This Olive Ridley sea turtle was one of several…
Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) in Bocas de Toro, Panama. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007. This is just one of many color forms for Dendrobates pumilio. More commonly,…
Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) I spotted this colorful frog near Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. It's common name is misleading: the White Spotted Reed Frog. Madagascar is thought to have more…
Cave snake catching and eating a bat in flight. Photo by Rhett A Butler, 2006. Taman Negara, Malaysia.