Yellow Monkeys and Purple Snails? The Coolest Colorful Animals You’ve Never Heard Of

amanda mcarthur

jun 14, 2016

Even if you're an avid animal lover, we bet there are a lot of incredible (and beautiful) creatures you're not familiar with. This list of totally unexpected colorful animals covers the complete ROYGBIV of the animal kingdom.

If your day is feeling a bit drab, this full spectrum of amazing living things is about to inject it with a little life.

Red

Harlequin Frog

Shutterstock: The Limon harlequin frog (Atelopus sp Limon) is a critically endangered toad species from Limon, Equator.

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Mandrill

Shutterstock: Colorful male mandrill looking curiously

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Crimson Rosella Parrot

Shutterstock: A vibrant Crimson Rosella perched on a green leafy branch

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Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

Shutterstock: Wilson's Bird-of-paradise. Photo taken on Waigeo Island

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Pink

Axolotl

Shutterstock: Female Leucistic axolotls in planted aquarium

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Candy-Striped Shrimp

Shutterstock: The gorgeous Candy-striped Shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) is symbiotic on the Pink Sea Anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) found in the shallow subtidal rocky substrates of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean.

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Also read about: This Is the Animal You're Most Like Based on Your Zodiac Sign

Orange

Panther Chameleon

Shutterstock: Beautiful of chameleon panther, chameleon panther on branch, chameleon panther closeup

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Yellow

Lesser Bird-of-Paradise

Shutterstock: Lesser bird of paradise

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Nudibranch

Shutterstock: Yellow nudibranch

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Green

Frog Beetle

Shutterstock: Green frog bettlbeetle

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Leaf Sheep

Shutterstock: Green leaf sheep

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Poison Dart Frog

Shutterstock: Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog walking in the Rainforest near Sarapiqui in Costa Rica

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Also read about: 20 Teeny-Tiny Animals You Have to See to Believe

Blue

Tridacna Clams

Shutterstock: The maxima clam - (Tridacna maxima)

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Lady Ross Turaco

Shutterstock: lady ross turaco bird in close up

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Mandarin Fish

Shutterstock: Blue Mandarin fish couple just release their eggs

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Nicobar Pigeon

Shutterstock: The beautiful nicobar pigeon on the tree roots.

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Magnificent Rifle Bird

Shutterstock: the beautiful blue magnificent riflebird on the tree in forest have beautiful blue breast reflect light of the natural

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Sailfish

Shutterstock: Beautiful blue and golden brown colors of an Atlantic Sailfish coming through the water in this picture taken off of Jupiter, Florida.

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Purple

Violet-Crowned Wood Nymph

Shutterstock: Violet-crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica colombica), also known as the purple-crowned woodnymph, is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Central America

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Violet-Backed Starling

Shutterstock: Violet-backed starling

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Purple Snail

Shutterstock: Janthina pallida - snail - gastropod mollusk

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Ochre Stars

Shutterstock: Purple ochre sea stars on rocky intertidal shore with shells and seaweed

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