157 pictures found
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White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a nest. The spectacular nest with 2 meters in diameter is excavated on the sand to attract the females with the impressive design. Amami Oshima Island. Japan Digital composite. Composite image
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Pumpkin sea star (Astrosarkus sp.) attached to rock wall, 90 meters depth, indian Ocean, Mayotte. Possibly new species.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Pumpkin sea star (Astrosarkus sp.) attached to rock wall, 90 meters depth, indian Ocean, Mayotte. Possibly new species.
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Talamanca Pit Viper (Bothriechis nubestris), on mossy branch, Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica, July
© Ignacio Yufera / Biosphoto
© Ignacio Yufera / Biosphoto
Talamanca Pit Viper (Bothriechis nubestris), on mossy branch, Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica, July
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Begonia (Begonia dinhdui), leaves and flowers. Species described
© Claude Thouvenin / Biosphoto
© Claude Thouvenin / Biosphoto
Begonia (Begonia dinhdui), leaves and flowers. Species described in 2019, native to Vietnam.
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Begonia sp Trang, a new species not yet described, found in a
© Claude Thouvenin / Biosphoto
© Claude Thouvenin / Biosphoto
Begonia sp Trang, a new species not yet described, found in a market in Bangkok, Thailand
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Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) Small stream frog, Kaw, French Guiana
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) Small stream frog, Kaw, French Guiana
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Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) with froglets on back, Tresor, French Guiana
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) with froglets on back, Tresor, French Guiana
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Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) Small stream frog, Kaw, French Guiana
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus blanci) Small stream frog, Kaw, French Guiana
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Tree frog (Dendropsophus sp) male singer of a small tree frog new to science, Rémire Montjoly, French Guiana
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
Tree frog (Dendropsophus sp) male singer of a small tree frog new to science, Rémire Montjoly, French Guiana
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Strange-looking burrowing frog, described in 2021 (Synapturanus zombie), Saül, French Guiana.
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
© Vincent Premel / Biosphoto
Strange-looking burrowing frog, described in 2021 (Synapturanus zombie), Saül, French Guiana.
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Sylvia's tree frog (Cruziohyla sylviae)
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Satpura Eyelid Gecko (Eublepharis satpuraensis) portrait on black background
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Satpura Eyelid Gecko (Eublepharis satpuraensis) portrait on black background
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Glass frog Mashpi (Mashpi hyalinobatrachium), Mashpi lodge, The
© Antoine Lorgnier / Biosphoto
© Antoine Lorgnier / Biosphoto
Glass frog Mashpi (Mashpi hyalinobatrachium), Mashpi lodge, The lodge is funding a research center which was able to find this new specie of frog. Region of Choca-Darien. Ecuador
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Glass frog Mashpi (Mashpi hyalinobatrachium), Mashpi lodge, The
© Antoine Lorgnier / Biosphoto
© Antoine Lorgnier / Biosphoto
Glass frog Mashpi (Mashpi hyalinobatrachium), Mashpi lodge, The lodge is funding a research center which was able to find this new specie of frog. Region of Choca-Darien. Ecuador
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Gursky's spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae), Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Gursky's spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae), Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Ignacio Yufera / Biosphoto
Poison frog (Phyllobates niche), Colombia
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) male, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) juvenil eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) juvenil eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female in nest, Batang
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female in nest, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits,
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits,
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits,
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
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Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) female eating fruits, Batang Toru, North Sumatra
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
David Bowie spider (Heteropoda davidbowie)
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Central African slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Mpivie river, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
Central African slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Mpivie river, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
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Central African slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Mpivie river, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
Central African slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Mpivie river, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
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Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Loango National Park, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Loango National Park, Gabon, central Africa. Critically endangered
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David Bowie spider (Heteropoda davidbowie), Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
David Bowie spider (Heteropoda davidbowie), Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie
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Spiny Stick Insect (Taraxippus samarae), Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park, Panama
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Spiny Stick Insect (Taraxippus samarae), Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park, Panama
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Conehead Katydid (Copiphora sp) undescribed species, female, Omar Torrijos NP, Panama
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Conehead Katydid (Copiphora sp) undescribed species, female, Omar Torrijos NP, Panama
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Pacific Eagle Ray, Aetobatus laticeps. A recently described species from the Eastern Pacific. Previously thought to be synonymous with Aetobatus
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Pacific Eagle Ray, Aetobatus laticeps. A recently described species from the Eastern Pacific. Previously thought to be synonymous with Aetobatus narinari. Malpelo Island, Colombia.
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Pacific Eagle Ray, Aetobatus laticeps. A recently described species from the Eastern Pacific. Previously thought to be synonymous with Aetobatus
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Pacific Eagle Ray, Aetobatus laticeps. A recently described species from the Eastern Pacific. Previously thought to be synonymous with Aetobatus narinari. Malpelo Island, Colombia.
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Pacific Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma unami. A newly described species that was previously considered to be a variant of the Atlantic nurse shark
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Pacific Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma unami. A newly described species that was previously considered to be a variant of the Atlantic nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Saban Black Iguana (Iguana melanoderma)
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St.Maarten thick-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus oskrobapreinum)
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
St.Maarten thick-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus oskrobapreinum)
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The St.Maarten thick-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum) was described in 2011. It is endemic to the shared Dutch and French island of
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
The St.Maarten thick-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum) was described in 2011. It is endemic to the shared Dutch and French island of Sint Maarten and Saint Martin in the caribbean.
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Tsingy frog (Gephyromantis atsingy) on the rock walls of a canyon in the dry season, Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Melaky Region, Madagascar
© Jean-Yves Grospas / Biosphoto
© Jean-Yves Grospas / Biosphoto
Tsingy frog (Gephyromantis atsingy) on the rock walls of a canyon in the dry season, Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Melaky Region, Madagascar
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Gran piedro giant anole (Chamaeleolis sp.)
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Rhinoceros beetle (Ancognatha vexans) is a newly described species of scarab beetle from the mountains of Chiriqui Province in western Panama and
© Stuart Wilson / Biosphoto
© Stuart Wilson / Biosphoto
Rhinoceros beetle (Ancognatha vexans) is a newly described species of scarab beetle from the mountains of Chiriqui Province in western Panama and from southern Costa Rica.
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Grenadines pink iguana (Iguana iguana insularis)
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Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) portrait, Nosy Be, Madagascar
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) portrait, Nosy Be, Madagascar
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Hinkel’s red-flanked skink (Lepidothyris hinkeli hinkeli)
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Hinkel’s red-flanked skink (Lepidothyris hinkeli hinkeli)
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Photo taken in 2013 of a strange caterpillar officially discovered in 2017 in Peru. Provisionally named the "caterpillar Bernard hermit" because of
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
Photo taken in 2013 of a strange caterpillar officially discovered in 2017 in Peru. Provisionally named the "caterpillar Bernard hermit" because of its way of carrying with it his house in sheet, she is still waiting to be described by science (2019).
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Spider crab (Chirostylus sp) for the time not yet fully identified, Mayotte. A new species referenced in Mayotte. Indeed, until now she was unknown
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Spider crab (Chirostylus sp) for the time not yet fully identified, Mayotte. A new species referenced in Mayotte. Indeed, until now she was unknown in the region.
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Small beast of the mesophotic zone. Spider crab (Chirostylus sp) in its coral. This coral is suspended from the roof of the Sanctutum cave. Depth: 70
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Small beast of the mesophotic zone. Spider crab (Chirostylus sp) in its coral. This coral is suspended from the roof of the Sanctutum cave. Depth: 70 meters, Mayotte
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
Gran Piedro giant anole (Anolis sp.)
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The Purple harlequin Toad (Atelopus spumarius barbotini) has only been discovered in 2013. They are found on Mt Nassau, Suriname, due to illegal gold
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
© Matthijs Kuijpers / Biosphoto
The Purple harlequin Toad (Atelopus spumarius barbotini) has only been discovered in 2013. They are found on Mt Nassau, Suriname, due to illegal gold mining they can be considered critically endangered.