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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 ↓

Alfaro cultratus 1
Allobates 2
Largescale Four-eyed Fish 3
Anableps anableps
Stream Anole 4
Anolis oxylophus
Anostomus anostomus 2
Apistogramma eunotus 5
Pirarucu 6
Arapaima gigas
Hormiga arriera 7
Atta cephalotes
Atyopsis moluccensis 8
Bedotia 9
Bedotia madagascariensis 5
Cucaracha gigante 10
Blaberus giganteus
Blaesodactylus sakalava 5
Boa constrictor constrictor
Brachydanio 11
Brookesia 12
Brycon 13
Caridina 14
Caridina japonica 15
Carinotetraodon 16
Carnegiella strigata 17
Chalceus macrolepidotus 18
Mata Mata 19
Chelus fimbriatus
Paradise Flying Snake 20
Chrysopelea paradisi
Clea helena 21
Grainy Cochran Frog 22
Cochranella granulosa
Bananaquit 23
Coereba flaveola
black pacu 24
Colossoma macropomum
rhinoceros katydid 25
Copiphora rhinoceros
Corydoras 26
Corydoras aeneus 27
Corydoras sterbai 28
Crossocheilus siamensis 29
Cruziohyla calcarifer 30
Ctenobrycon spilurus 31
Red-legged Honeycreeper 32
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Danio 33
Danio choprae 26
Dart Poison Frog 34
Dendrobates auratus
Harlequin Treefrog 2
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
Dyscophus guineti 35
electric eel 36
Electrophorus electricus
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor 37
Anaconda 38
Eunectes murinus
Violaceous Euphonia 39
Euphonia violacea
Exodon paradoxus 40
Oustalet's Giant Chameleon 41
Furcifer oustaleti
Panther Chameleon 42
Furcifer pardalis
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake 43
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
Hemiancistrus triradiatus 5
Hemigrammus bleheri 44
Heros appendiculatus 45
Heterixalus alboguttatus
Heterixalus madagascariensis 24
Hierodula membranacea 46
Hylarana 47
Hypancistrus zebra 48
Hypselecara coryphaenoides 45
Katria katria 5
Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake 12
Langaha madagascariensis
Leporinus fasciatus 49
Macropodus opercularis 27
Golden Mantella 50
Mantella aurantiaca
Baron's Mantella 51
Mantella baroni
Green Mantella 52
Mantella viridis
Atlantic Tarpon 53
Megalops atlanticus
Pacu 54
Metynnis argenteus
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae 55
Monocirrhus polyacanthus 19
Myleus rubripinnis 56
Myloplus rubripinnis
Nannostomus beckfordi 27
Nannostomus eques 57
Nannostomus mortenthaleri 2
Naphila clavipes 58
Golden Silk Orb-weaver 59
Nephila clavipes
Peter's Tree Frog 60
Nyctixalus pictus
Granular Poison Frog 50
Oophaga granulifera
Dendrobates pumilio 61
Oophaga pumilio
Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi 62
silver arowana 24
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Otocinclus affinis 63
Cope's Vine Snake 2
Oxybelis brevirostris
ripsaw catfish 64
Oxydoras niger
Pachypanchax patriciae 5
Panaque nigrolineatus 16
Neon 65
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Pollenbuntbarsch 66
Paratilapia polleni
Paretroplus menarambo 67
Perrunichthys perruno 68
Madagascar Day Gecko 69
Phelsuma grandis
Yellow-headed Day Gecko 2
Phelsuma klemmeri
Banded Day Gecko 70
Phelsuma standingi
Phobobates trivittatus 71
redtail catfish 72
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
River Toad 24
Phrynoidis aspera
Striped Poison-Dart Frog 73
Phyllobates lugubris
Golfo Dulce Poison-Dart Frog 74
Phyllobates vittatus
Phyllocrania paradoxa 69
Arrau 75
Podocnemis expansa
File-Eared Tree Frog 50
Polypedates otilophus

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