Madagascar Fauna

Unique reptiles and birds from Madagascar, focusing on camouflage and nesting behaviors in lush natural settings.

Sabah Eyebrow Lizard (Phoxophrys borneensis), Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

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Phasme malgache (Leiophasma nigrotuberculatum) female in bush, Andasibe (Perinet), Region Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

Flat-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fivehy), Marojejy, Madagascar, Africa

beautiful Common Gliding Lizard or Common Flying Drago(Drago volans) on the tree in forest

A hummingbird incubating eggs in its nest made out of plant material such as mosses and lichens which is held together with spider webs in the cloud forests at Mindo, near Quito, Ecuador.

Sabah Eyebrow Lizard (Phoxophrys borneensis), Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Rhinoceros ratsnake (Gonyosoma boulengeri), captive, occurrence North Vietnam, South China

Yellow-green Chameleon, ( Calumma malthe), Madagascar, Africa, adult male searching for food

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Volcano hummingbird (selasphorus flammula) in the highland forest in the Cerro de la Muerte mountains in Costa Rica.

Hemidactylus brooki

Common Indian or Bengal monitor Varanus bengalensis, juvenile, the Western Ghats, Sahyadri mountain range, a Unesco World Heritage Site, Goa, India

Marojejy Earth Chameleon (Brookesia betschi), Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Berthold's Bush Anole (Polychrus gutturosus) on leaf, Costa Rica

Apple Ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus)

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Proboscis Monkey climbing on tree in Bako national park, Borneo, Malaysia. Jungle, tropics concept

Rare Great potoo hardly to differ of the tree trunk, perfect camouflage, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Blue crowded motmot (momotus momota) on a tree in the Cloud Forest Mountains Hike, Dos Brazos Village, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii) at claylick, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. South America

A Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) on a tree near the Piuval Lodge in the Northern Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

green large praying mantis crawling along the branch, close up

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Hoopoe grooming on a branch Bardia National Park Nepal

Blackburnian Warbler bird perching on tree branch, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Close-up of a Praying Mantis on a stem (Mantis religiosa)

Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) on a chestnut tree trunk, Loire Valley, France

Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, male, Thuringia, Germany

Red newt peeking through moss

Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa.

Leaf-footed Bug (Coreidae) released on Goldenrod (Solidago). Boone County, Missouri, 18 October 2005

Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) hand, tropical rainforest. Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Panama.

Hummingbird at nest Choco Colombia

Parson's chameleon, (Calumma parsonii), Madagascar, Africa, adult female searching for food

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis), Pantanal, South Africa, Africa

Skink (Emoia impar) on a trunk, Fanla, Ambrym, Vanuatu

Slender anole lizard during a Cloud Forest Mountains Hike, Dos Brazos Village, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis), Amazon, Ecuador

Costa Rica, Monte Verde, Cask-Headed Lizard, Captive

An adult jabiru, Jabiru mycteria, eating a piranha at Pousado Rio Claro, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Puff-throated Babbler in tropical forest (Pellorneum ruficeps)

A lemur looking out from a tree trunk, Madagascar.

Modest Forest Dragon (Hypsilurus modestus) in rainforest, Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

USA, WA, Bainbridge Island. Geometrid moth caterpillar had unique gait (inchworm) due to lack of central legs. Camouflages as twig.

Madagascar Nightjars in eastern Madagascar

Collard brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) from Nahampoana Private Reserve, Madagascar, Africa

Madagascar, Oustalet's chameleon.

Leaf-cutter Ants (Atta sp), carrying leaves to nest, Carara National Park, Costa Rica.

Black Ratsnake (Elaphe obsoleta) in bald cypress tree on the shore of Caddo Lake, Texas, USA, spring

Forest Racer (Dendrophidion vinitor), northern Costa Rica

Stick Insect (Lonchodes sp) camouflaged in leaf litter, Gunung Penrissen, Borneo, Malaysia

Spot-necked Bulbul (Pycnonotus tympanistrigus) adult, perched on twig, Kerinci Seblat N. P. Sumatra, Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Asia

Asian water monitor or Aquatic Varan (Varanus salvator), young lizard crawling on a tree, Redang island, Malaysia, Asia

Female Asian Fairy Bluebird, Irena puella, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia,

Puerto Rican Tody with Food for young (Todus mexicanus) El Verde Mtns., El Yunque N.F., Puerto Rico

Lance-nosed chameleon (Calumma gallus) on a branch, Andasibe (Perinet), Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Madagascar

Giant River Frog (Limnonectes leporinus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

cream giant squirrel in tree ratufa affinis pasoh forest, malaysia

Rare genus of frog threatened by a mining operation for road gravel; Limon, Ecuador

Green Spiny Lizard aka Malachite Swift/Mexico (Sceloporus malachiticus)

Giant Squirrel, Ratufa affinis, climbing a tree trunk, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia,

Pale-throated three-toed sloth clinging to a branch Peru

Pietschmann's leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus pietschmanni) on a branch, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

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Fantastic Leaf-tailed Gecko / Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). Andasibe-Mantadia National Park - Madagascar.

Madagascar giant chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus), Isalo National Park, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Africa

Forest Anole Anolis Trachyderma, Yasuni National Park, The Amazon, Ecuador

A common woolly monkey, brown woolly monkey, or Humboldt's woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) climbs in a tree

One Vipera berus, the common European adder or common European viper, creeps over rocks and hides in fern

Slender Anole (Anolis fuscoauratus) adult, standing on log in tropical forest habitat, Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru

Panther Chameleon (Chamaeleo pardalis) male catching an insect, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Sequence 3 of 3

Common frog (Rana temporaria) in summer habitat at Fibling near Fuschl am See, Salzburg, Austria

Grey Woodpecker

Elegant bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis formosus) Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Pine hawk moth (Hyloicus pinastri) adult larva that feeds on scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) Moth adult, resting on lichen covered twig, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Superb Fairy-Wren - Female attracted to Grass tree in flower (Malurus cyaneus). Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, south eastern Australia.

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (Ornithion semiflavum) feeding on flower nectar, northern Costa Rica

Neptune Beetle (Dynastes neptunus) male, Andes, Ecuador

buff-tip phalera bucephala lackan bog, ballyroney, county down.

Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) Belize/CA Central America

Lafresnaye's Vanga and chicks at nest Madagascar

Caninana (Spilotes pullatus) climbing tree, Atlantic Forest, Ilhabela, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius swaini) in the rainforest, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

Siamese red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis siamensis), Cat Tien national park, Vietnam

Flat-tailed Gecko, Leaf-tailed Gecko, Flat-tailed Geckos, Leaf-tailed Geckos, Other Animals, Gecko, Reptiles, Animals, Camouflaged Giant leaf tailed Gecko at Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar, Africa

Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) species has been introduced to Guam and has become a pest, Northern Territory, Australia

Emerald Swift lizard (Sceloporus Malachiticus) basking on a rock in Central America

Katydid (Eumecopoda cyrtoscelis) in rainforest, New Britain, Papua New Guinea

European tree frog (Hyla arborea)

Sarawak Eyebrow Lizard (Phoxophrys spiniceps), Pulong Tau National Park, Gunung Murud, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) nesting in a tree trunk, Jura, Vaud, Switzerland

(Calumma guillaumeti), Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) perched on a branch in the mountains of Colombia, South America.

Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) camouflaged on ground nest, incubating eggs among leaf litter, Peru

Theobroma cacao, Cocoa bean

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), adult on a perch post, wall, captive, Kasselburg, Eifel, Germany, Europe

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Omo Delta at low-water season, carmine bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides) on riverbank tree

Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus), at entrance nest, Colombia

Hidding gecko Small green gecko hidding under a dry up palm tree leaf Copyright: xZoonar.com/YannxPoirierx 4805572

A female eurasian gray wolf (Canis lupus lupus) stands on a meadow on a hill and shakes off the rain of its fur

Bali March 2024 - Golden spider Nephila pilipes , Bali, Indonesia

Hoatzin - chick hanging from branch, wing hook visible. (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Common Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus) in rainforest, Sipaliwini, Surinam

Opened Polybia Paper Wasp Nest showing internal structure, Cocaya River. Eastern Amazon Rain Forest. Border of Peru & Ecuador

A work glove caught on thorny branches in a natural outdoor setting, in South Korea

A Squirrel on The Wood In Karasjok. Norway

Closeup of Megophrys montana on the mossy rock

Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) sunning on yucca leaf

Speckled Piculet (Picumnus innominatus malayorum) adult, clinging to lichen covered tree trunk, Kaeng Krachan N.P., Thailand, november

A hornbill lies motionless on the forest floor in Tanzania.

The nests of hornero birds at Porto Jofre in the northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso province in Brazil.

Panther Chameleon (Chamaeleo pardalis) male striking at an insect, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) male calling, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

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Great tit (Parus major), male sitting on branch in a dead tree, Juodkrantė, Curonian Spit, Klaipeda, Lithuania, Europe

Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus fuscatus) adult, foraging on reed, Hebei, China, Asia

tropical bird black and white

Owl Butterfly (Caligo sp) showing false eyespots, Ecuador

Zambia: tree-frog in South Luangwa National Park

Eyeladsh viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) yellow form, Cahuita National Park, Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica

European grass snake in a moor lake in Poland

Dart frog dendrobates tinctorius azureus

Detail of the tail of a African elephant

Africa, Madagascar, Marozevo, Peyrieras Reptile Reserve. A lined leaf-tailed gecko blending into its environment.

Storch layer eggs from white storks in the nest copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 9101836

Parrots nesting in a large twig nest on a pine tree

Red-tailed Ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephala), Beauval Zoo, France

Katta-Familie Katta-Familie Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 8891899

Parson's Chameleon (Calumma parsonii), male and female on a branch, North and East Madagascar.

Mossy leaf-tailed gecko on a branch - Madagascar

African Scops-Owl in Kruger National park, South Africa

roosting dragonfly, sympetsum sp., britain.

Walking-Leaf Katydid, Mimetica Mortuifolia, Juvenile, Selva Verde Nature Reserve, Rio Sarapiqui Region, Heredia, Costa Rica

Eagle in a tree

Botswana, Tuli Block, tail of leopard hiding on a tree, close-up

Golden frog hanging on a leaf

Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii) flock at clay lick feeding on minerals, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

orb weaver spider (araneus angulatus) a large and rare orb-weaving spider that builds webs of sometimes over 4 feet long

Cotton Head Tamarin (Oedipomidas cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

A leopard slug crawls over autumn leaves.

Common Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) lying on tree, Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka

Chameleon , Sri Lanka

Natal Green Snake (Philothamnus natalensis), UMkhuze, South Africa

An elephant's trunk, Loxodonta africana, curled and grabbing leaves from a branch with thorns

Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) in a Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) Saja Besaya Natural Park, Saja, Cantabria, Spain, August.

Beaver preparation Seen at the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve at Dessau

Frill-necked Lizard on a rock Australia

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) male in the snow, Germany, Europe

Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) sleeping on a leaf overhanging a pond in La Selva, Panama

white face monkey in a national park

Proboscis Monkey climbing on tree in Bako national park, Borneo, Malaysia. Jungle, tropics concept

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on the trunk of an oak tree, Perlacher Forst, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Glass frog (Centrolenidae) clear egg case with tadpoles encased above Costa Rican tropical rainforest stream in the Osa Peninsula. Costa Rica

Cicada (Cicadidae) that has recently molted on its exit chimney created when it was a nymph, Sipaliwini, Surinam

Clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) on her nest, national bird of Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America

Peacock - in Rainforest. Guatemala.

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), feeding the young birds at the nest, Volcanic Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Feeding on River pandanus nut (Pandanus aquaticus) (Cacatua galerita). Jim Jim Creek, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, N and E Australia, Eastern Wallacea, New Guinea.

blue-tailed emerald hummingbird chlorostilbon mellisugus female at nest french guiana

Mantis religiosa eating the male

Ring_tailed Lemur Lemur catta sunbathing on tamarind tree, Berenty, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Giant Squirrel, Ratufa affinis, running along a branch, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia,

Common toad in a strain in a garden France

Praying mantis molt in a meadow calcicole France

Botswana, Okavango Delta, Mombo, Leopard (Panthera pardus) climbing tree

Yellow-Headed Gecko Gonatodes Albogularis, Selva Verde Nature Reserve, Rio Sarapiqui Region, Heredia, Costa Rica

Brown Mantella frog Mantella betsileo} camouflaged in leaf litter, dry deciduous forest, Kirindy Forest. Western Madagascar.

morpho butterfly displaying morpho achilles in rainforest understoreynear napo river amazon basin ecuador

Greater Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) two adult males, interacting on oak tree, Romania, june

Adult macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) plunging into the sea leaving their breeding colony at Elsehul on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

borneo rhinoceros beetle chalcosoma moellenkampi, danum valley, sabah, borneo, malaysia

Malachite kingfisher bird and papyrus in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Northern White-lipped (Botrochilus albertisii) on a branch, Irian-Jaya. Papua -New-Guinea

Madagascar Flying Fox (Pteropus rufus) group roosting in tree, vulnerable species, Madagascar

A wild yellow-crested cockatoo spotted eating on Fitzroy Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Dwarf or Minute Leaf chameleon (Brookesia minima) on the fingers of a man's hand in Montagne d´Ambre National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatilis) adult, in riverbank habitat, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) on a plant at a pond to drink water near the Piuval Lodge in the Northern Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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Ochre Bush Squirrel - in tree hollow (Paraxerus ochraceus). Maasai Mara National Reserve - Kenya.

Funnel Weaver Spider (Agelena sp) communal web, Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon

Large leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus gigantaeus) in the rainforests of northern Madagascar, Madagascar, Africa

The sloth on the tree in Costa Rica, Central America

Praying mantis

Straight-billed woodcreeper Dendroplex picus, Rionegro, Antioquia Columbia. Straight-billed woodcreeper Dendroplex picus, species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae. Rionegro, Antioquia department. Wildlife and birdwatching in Colombia Copyright: xZoonar.com/www.artushfoto.eux 21385437

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) adult, perched at nesthole entrance in tree trunk, Transpantaneira, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Fire bugs (Pyrrhocoridae), popularly known as fire beetles, Germany, Europe

Catch of the Day Fish, caught during the day, in the waters of the Okavango Delta, are hanging in a tree, tied up with a string, made on the spot from naturral plant fibre. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JacquesxJacobszx 6661576

Painted Mantella (Mantella madagascariensis), native to Madagascar

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Fighting army mantis on branch

European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) adult, clinging to tree trunk in woodland habitat, Porto Vecchio, Corsica, France, june

Spiny Lichen katydid Championica peruana, Tambopata Reserve, rio Tambopata, Peru, Amazonia

Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) Cerro Dragon, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis). Both light and dark shapes, foraging. Burgundy, France 71 on 19/06/2017 These butterflies are very active in the day passing their time to foraging.

Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia. Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia. Brood in nest. The fledglings have grown up and aggressively demand food from their parents and fight, struggle for survival. Sri Lanka rain forests Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 16524129

Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis) nest, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Very old and large oak with dead trunk due to lightning and tree canker, Sababurg Zoo, Hofgeismar, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Two Mossy frogs (Theloderma corticale), camouflaged, Tam dao, Vietnam, Asia

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Adult Indian flying foxes (Pteropus medius) roosting during the day near Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

digital composite of microraptor zhaoianus, a bird-like, tree-dwelling, crow-sized coelurosaurid feathered dinosaur from what is today china.

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Many hands putting fish in a net for lobster bait

Stone sculpture of Komodo dragon with sacrificial offerings in the Ubud Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) gold morph on Heliconia (Heliconia imbricata) rainforest, Costa Rica

Costa Rica, Monteverde cloud forest guide birdwatching (Editorial Usage Only)

Macaque, Khao Sok National Park, Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Thailand