Animals of Amazonas

Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth

Choloepus didactylus

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus ), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, the Guyanas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the...

Pale-Throated Three-Toed Sloth

Bradypus tridactylus

The pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus ), occasionally known as the Ai, is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with, the brown-throated...

Pied Tamarin

Saguinus bicolor

The Pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) is a Critically Endangered primate species found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. It was named the mascot of Manaus, Brazil in 2005.

Red Howler Monkey

Alouatta seniculus

The Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus ) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The population in...

Red-Handed Tamarin

Saguinus midas

Red-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas) are New World monkeys named for the contrasting reddish-orange hair on their feet and hands.

Anilius

Anilius scytale

The Aniliidae are a monotypic family created for the monotypic genus Anilius that contains the single species A. scytale. Common names include American pipe snake and false coral snake. It is found in South America. This snake possesses a vestigial...

Northern caiman lizard

Dracaena guianensis

The northern caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis ) is a species of lizard found in northern South America.

Brown Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

The common woolly monkey, brown woolly monkey, or Humboldt's woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha ) is a woolly monkey from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela. It lives in groups of two to 70 individuals, usually splitting the...

White-bellied spider monkey

Ateles belzebuth

The white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth ), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider monkey, is an endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in the north-western Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador,...

Black squirrel monkey

Saimiri vanzolinii

The black squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii ), also known as the blackish squirrel monkey or black-headed squirrel monkey, is a small New World primate, endemic to the central Amazon in Brazil. It largely resembles the female of the far more...

Gray woolly monkey

Lagothrix cana

The gray woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha cana ) or Geoffroy's woolly monkey is a subspecies of the common woolly monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. L. l. cana gets its common name, gray woolly monkey, from its...

Guianan Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus

The Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a species of squirrel monkey from South America. This species formerly applied to Humboldt's squirrel monkey and Collins' squirrel monkey, but genetic research in 2009 and 2015 revealed that these...

Nancy Ma's night monkey

Aotus nancymaae

Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae ) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru.It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen. Nancy Ma's night monkeys have also been found...

Guyanan red howler

Alouatta macconnelli

The Guyanan red howler (Alouatta macconnelli ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil.

Moustached Tamarin

Saguinus mystax

The moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax ) is a New World monkey and a species of tamarin. The moustached tamarin is named for the lack of coloring in the facial hair surrounding their mouth, appearing similar to a moustache. As with all New World...

Humboldt's squirrel monkey

Saimiri cassiquiarensis

Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis ) is a species of squirrel monkey from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It had previously been considered a subspecies of the common squirrel monkey, S. scuireus, but was elevated to...

Three-striped night monkey

Aotus trivirgatus

The three-striped night monkey (Aotus trivirgatus ), also known as northern night monkey or northern owl monkey, is one of several species of owl monkeys currently recognised. It is found in Venezuela and north-central Brazil.Until 1983, all the owl...

Black ghost knifefish

Apteronotus albifrons

The black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay–Paraná River,...

Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset

Mico humilis

The Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (Mico humilis ), also known as the black-crowned dwarf marmoset, is a small New World monkey native to the Amazon Rainforest, on the east bank of the lower Madeira River, and the west bank of the Aripuanã River, in...

Bare-eared squirrel monkey

Saimiri ustus

The bare-eared squirrel monkey (Saimiri ustus ) is a squirrel monkey endemic to Brazil and possibly eastern Bolivia.

White-Fronted Capuchin

Cebus albifrons

Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons ) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and potentially the island of Trinidad.

Spix's night monkey

Aotus vociferans

Spix's night monkey (Aotus vociferans ), also known as the Colombian gray night monkey, noisy night monkey and Spix's owl monkey, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.The Spix's night monkey...

Silvery woolly monkey

Lagothrix poeppigii

The silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii ), also known as Poeppig's woolly monkey or the red woolly monkey, is a subspecies of the common woolly monkey from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig,...

Purus red howler

Alouatta puruensis

The Purús red howler (Alouatta puruensis ) is a species of howler monkey native to Brazil, Peru and north of Bolivia.

Black-headed marmoset

Mico nigriceps

The black-headed marmoset (Mico nigriceps ) is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil. It inhabits humid tropical rainforest, mostly second growth and edge; the distribution is not exactly known but is thought to be Rio dos Marmelos in the north and...

Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Pseudoboa neuwiedii, commonly known as the ratonel or ratonera (mouse-eater), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Mottle-faced tamarin

Saguinus inustus

The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus ) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Micrurus hemprichii

Micrurus hemprichii, commonly known as Hemprichi's coral snake, is a species of venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae from South America.

Amazon black howler

Alouatta nigerrima

The Amazon black howler (Alouatta nigerrima ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon in Brazil. Until 2001, most authorities included it as a subspecies (or simply a taxonomically insignificant...

White-mantled tamarin

Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus

The white-mantled tamarin, Saguinus weddelli melanoleucus, is a subspecies of Weddell's saddle-back tamarin, a tamarin monkey from South America. It is found in Brazil, between Rio Jurua and Rio Tarauacá.

Marca's marmoset

Mico marcai

The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai ) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã-Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches...

Juruá red howler

Alouatta juara

The Juruá red howler (Alouatta juara ) is a species of howler monkey, native to Peru and Brazil.

Varzea bistriata

Varzea bistriata is a species of skink found in South America. The common name is the two-striped mabuya. It has shiny bronze or copper skin, with a dark longitudinal stripe along each flank that is often bordered by cream-colored lines.Its taxonomy...

Siphlophis cervinus

Siphlophis cervinus (checkerbelly) is a rare snake found in Amazonian South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Atractus trilineatus

Atractus trilineatus, commonly known as the three-lined ground snake, is a species of small burrowing colubrid snake.

Enyalioides laticeps

Enyalioides Laticeps, the Amazon broad-headed wood lizard, is a dwarf iguanian lizard abundantly found in Amazonian rainforests. They are semi-arboreal and mostly live in forests. Other names for it include broad-headed wood lizards, Big-headed...

Colomesus asellus

Colomesus asellus, the Amazon puffer, asellus puffer, South American freshwater puffer, Peruvian puffer, or Brazilian puffer is a species of pufferfish confined to the Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco basins in tropical South America. It is a popular...

Epictia albifrons

Epictia albifrons, known as Wagler's blind snake or silver snake, is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae of blind snakes native to Argentina (Tucuman, Salta), Bolivia, Brazil and South-Africa.

Amazon pigmy gecko

Pseudogonatodes guianensis

The Amazon pigmy gecko (Pseudogonatodes guianensis ) is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family found in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas (Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname), Brazil, Ecuador, and northern Peru.

Symphysodon aequifasciatus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, the blue discus or brown discus, is a species of cichlid native to rivers of the eastern and central Amazon Basin downriver from the Purus Arch. This discus is found in black-, clear- and whitewater, but its preference...

Lemon tetra

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis

The lemon tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis) is a species of tropical freshwater fish which originates from South America, belonging to the family Characidae. It is a small tetra growing to 5 cm (2 in) in length. The species is a long established...

Anolis eewi

Anolis planiceps, commonly known as the golden-scaled anole, orange-fanned leaf-litter anole, or goldenscale anole, is a species of the lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad.