Nick Garbutt / Montane rainforest understorey along a stream with dominant Pandanus sp. Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Nick Garbutt / Male Giraffe-necked Weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) Montane rainforest, Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera). Yanacocha montane forest, Ecuador. May.

Alan Watson / Montane rainforest canopy and clouds at 1,200 metres, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Tim Laman / Rays of light passing though high montane rainforest on Pico Basile above 2000 m altitude, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008

Nick Garbutt / Montane horned frog (Megophrys kobayashii) in leaf litter. Slopes of Mt Kinabalu (around 1400m), Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Banded Anole (Anolis insignis) displaying dewlap in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / Giant Stag Beetle {Lucanidae} (unknown species) Montane rainforest, Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Interior cloud forest, shafts of sunlight shining through canopy break allowing growth of understory plants, Costa Rica

Elio Della Ferrera / Montane purple faced langur {Presbytis senex monticola} dominant male. Sri Lanka. Endemic endangered species.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) displaying colorful warning colors, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Strawberry Tree Frog (Hyla pantosticta) male on a bromeliad in the cloud forest, Carchi Province, northeastern Ecuador