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California Academy of Sciences, Rainforest Gallery

Step inside a living 4-story rainforest, where dripping water sets the beat for a symphony of croaking frogs and chirping birds. Meet chameleons from Madagascar, climb into the treetops of Costa Rica to find free flying birds and butterflies. Finally, descend in a glass elevator into the ...more ↓

Phyllocrania paradoxa 1
Trichogaster microlepis 2
Atyopsis moluccensis 3
Zonosaurus maxima 4
Crossocheilus siamensis 5
Puntius rhomboocellatus 6
Trichogaster leerii 7
Corydoras aeneus 8
Hemiancistrus triradiatus 4
Hypancistrus zebra 9
Nannostomus beckfordi 8
Rhacophorus 10
Satanoperca leucosticta 11
Phobobates trivittatus 12
Ctenobrycon spilurus 13
Carnegiella strigata 14
Naphila clavipes 15
Nannostomus eques 16
Corydoras sterbai 17
Nannostomus mortenthaleri 18
Pterophyllum altum 19
Otocinclus affinis 20
Alfaro cultratus 21
Hierodula membranacea 22
Hemigrammus bleheri 23
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae 24
Exodon paradoxus 25
Monocirrhus polyacanthus 26
Pyrrhulina filamentosa 4
Clea helena 27
Heros appendiculatus 28
Hypselecara coryphaenoides 28
Perrunichthys perruno 29
Anostomus anostomus 18
Allobates 18
Anaconda 30
Eunectes murinus
Apistogramma eunotus 4
Arrau 31
Podocnemis expansa
Atlantic Tarpon 32
Megalops atlanticus
Bananaquit 33
Coereba flaveola
Banded Day Gecko 34
Phelsuma standingi
Baron's Mantella 35
Mantella baroni
Bay-headed Tanager 36
Tangara gyrola
Bedotia 37
Bedotia madagascariensis 4
Blaesodactylus sakalava 4
Blue-gray Tanager 38
Thraupis episcopus
Blue-necked Tanager 39
Tangara cyanicollis
Boa constrictor constrictor
Boatman frog 40
Trachycephalus resinifictrix
Brachydanio 41
Brookesia 42
Brycon 43
Burnished-buff Tanager 44
Tangara cayana
Caridina 45
Caridina japonica 46
Carinotetraodon 47
Chalceus macrolepidotus 48
Chicken Snake 49
Spilotes pullatus
Cochranella spinosa 18
Teratohyla spinosa
Common Water Monitor 50
Varanus salvator
Cope's Vine Snake 18
Oxybelis brevirostris
Corydoras 51
Cruziohyla calcarifer 52
Cucaracha gigante 53
Blaberus giganteus
Danio 54
Danio choprae 51
Dart Poison Frog 55
Dendrobates auratus
Dendrobates pumilio 56
Oophaga pumilio
Dyscophus guineti 57
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor 58
File-Eared Tree Frog 59
Polypedates otilophus
Giant leaf-tail gecko 35
Uroplatus fimbriatus
Gliding gecko 60
Ptychozoon kuhli
Golden Mantella 59
Mantella aurantiaca
Golden Silk Orb-weaver 61
Nephila clavipes
Golfo Dulce Poison-Dart Frog 40
Phyllobates vittatus
Gottlebe's Narrow-mouthed Frog 62
Scaphiophryne gottlebei
Grainy Cochran Frog 63
Cochranella granulosa
Granular Poison Frog 59
Oophaga granulifera
Green Mantella 62
Mantella viridis
Harlequin Treefrog 18
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko 64
Uroplatus henkeli
Heterixalus alboguttatus
Heterixalus madagascariensis 60
Hormiga arriera 65
Atta cephalotes
Hylarana 66
Katria katria 4
Largescale Four-eyed Fish 67
Anableps anableps
Leporinus fasciatus 68
Macropodus opercularis 8
Madagascar Day Gecko 1
Phelsuma grandis
Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake 42
Langaha madagascariensis
Malagasy Tree Boa 35
Sanzinia madagascariensis
Mata Mata 26
Chelus fimbriatus
Myleus rubripinnis 69
Myloplus rubripinnis
Neon 70
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi 71
Oustalet's Giant Chameleon 72
Furcifer oustaleti
Pachypanchax patriciae 4

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