Jouan & Rius / Palm trees (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Lined Leaf-tailed Gecko {Uroplatus lineatus} showing darker nocturnal colouration, camouflaged amongst dead palm fronds. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Mary McDonald / Montezuma's Oropendola (Psarocolius oropendola)perched on a Palm frond, calling, Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica.

Konrad Wothe / Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) walking along palm frond, Amazon, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Treefrog on undesrtorey palm frond, River Napo Amazon Basin, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Palm forest interior, Surinam

Brent Stephenson / Madagascar Munia / Mannikin (Lonchura nana) perched on a palm frond. Toliari, Madagascar, January.

Pete Oxford / Palm Frond detail. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Palm Frond detail. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) silhouette seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)silhouette seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Chien Lee / Fan Palm (Licuala bintulensis) leaves, Similajau National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Thomas Marent / Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina) and Woka Palm (Livistona rotundifolia), Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Woka Palm (Livistona rotundifolia) fronds, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Thomas Marent / Woka Palm (Livistona rotundifolia) frond, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) in forest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) group in forest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) frond and leaf shadow, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) forest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) forest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) group in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) camouflaged on palm frond, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Aguache Palm (Mauritia flexuosa) with fruit, Rupununi, Guyana

Mary McDonald / Montezuma's Oropendola (Psarocolius oropendola)perched on a Palm frond, calling, Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, Central America.

Murray Cooper / Rainforest interior showing a diversity of plants, Amazon, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Travelers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) frond, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Michael Durham / Northern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus intermedius) roosting in palm frond, Texas

Juergen Freund / White-lipped tree frog {Litoria infrafrenata} on Heliconia palm frond, Queensland, Australia

Thomas Marent / Palm frond, French Guiana

Konrad Wothe / Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra) hanging from palm frond, Madagascar

Rolf Nussbaumer / Mediterranean Gecko {Hemidactylus turcicus} juvenile on palm frond, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Roadside Hawk {Buteo magnirostris} perched on palm frond, Costa Rica

Steven David Miller / Cane Toad {Bufo marinus} sitting on palm frond, Cairns, Queensland, Australia - introduced to Australia to control Cane beetle, the results have been catastrophic for native animals that eat the pois...

Christian Ziegler / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) egg clutch under palm frond overhanging pond, Soberania National Park, Panama

Nick Garbutt / Juvenile Wagler's Pit Viper / Temple pitviper {Tropidolaemus wagleri} on Asam Paya Palm {Eleiodoxa conferta} frond, Bako NP, Sarawak, Borneo.

Steven David Miller / Peron's Treefrog {Litoria peronii} Perching on palm frond, Beerwah, Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Peron's Tree Frog {Litoria peronii} Perching on palm frond, Beerwah, Queensland, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Peron's Tree Frog {Litoria peronii} on palm frond, Beerwah, Queensland, Australia.

Pete Oxford / Palm frond, Manu NP, Peru

Fabio Liverani / White bats roosting under palm leaf {Ectophylla alba} Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / Ornate Day Gecko {Phelsuma ornata} on Latania palm frond, Round Island, Mauritius

Jeff Vanuga / Palm frond fossil, Sabalites sp, eocene period, . Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming, USA.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) perching on palm frond, rainforest, Central America

Norbert Wu / Seychelle Islands Tree Frog (Tachycnemis seychellensis), an endemic species, sleeps under palm frond during the day, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Pete Oxford / Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) perched on palm frond, Cerrado, Piaui State, Brazil

Steven David Miller / Green anole on palm frond {Anolis carolinensis} Florida USA